The Air Spora PDF Download

The 'exposed plate' method was used to trap airborne fungal spores in the open and in the jungle at Joint Tropical Research Unit (J.T.R.U.) at Innisfail, Queensland, over a period of three years. One hundred and nineteen genera were recorded and distinct seasonal and diurnal variation was observed in the more common ones. Spores of Cladosporium were more frequently trapped than any other genus at the cleared site and in the jungle. Curvularia, Geotrichum, Leptosphaerulina, Monilia, Penicillium and Nigrospora were also abundant and several other genera, including Aureobasidium, Fusarium, Paecilomyces and Periconia, were often present. The use of quantitative alginate filtration during the final year supplemented the exposed-plate data, but differences in the technique prevented close comparison of the results.