The distribution of fungi in Muthupettai mangroves along the East coast of Tamil Nadu, India was studied in terms of species diversity, seasonal variation, and frequency of occurrence in five sampling stations at two different seasons. In this study, total of 118 species of fungi isolated, of which maximum 94 species from sediment samples followed by water with 83 species. Among the fungal isolates Aspergillus was the common genus followed by Penicillium, Curvualria and Alternaria (Sivakumar et al., 2006).
Fungal