Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 66 No. 2, 2007.
Original scientific paper
Monitoring of airborne fungi in Madrid (Spain)
Silvia Sabariego
; Department of Plant Biology 2, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Plaza, Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid (Spain)
Alberto Díez
; Department of Plant Biology 2, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Plaza, Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid (Spain)
Montserrat Gutiérrez
; Department of Plant Biology 2, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Plaza, Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid (Spain)
Abstract
Aeromycological sampling during 2003 and 2004 in the atmosphere of the university campus in Madrid, showed a greater presence of spores during the spring (April–June) and from August to November. Of the groups of spores identified, conidiospores accounted for the greatest percentage (49.5%), followed by teliospores (18%), basidiospores
(15.5%) and ascospores (8%). Seventy spore types were identified in 2003 and 83 in 2004, the most abundant of which were: Cladosporium cladosporioides (30.2%), Ustilago (18%), Cladosporium herbarum (14.5%), Coprinus (6.9%), Aspergillaceae (2.1%), Lepthosphaeria (1.7%), Pleospora (1.5%) and Bovista (1.4%).
Keywords
aerobiology; aeromycology; fungi; spore; Madrid; Spain
Hrčak ID:
17179
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Publication date:
20.10.2007.
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