Table 7. Living fungi isolated by culture-dependent methods from sand and dust in Africa.
| Species from Chad sand | Sample | Classification (Family, Order, Phylum) |
|---|---|---|
| Ampelomyces sp. | C9 | Leptosphaeriaceae; Pleosporales, Ascomycota |
| Aspergillus flavus | C3 | mitosporic Trichocomaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota |
| Aspergillus niger | C8 | mitosporic Trichocomaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota |
| Capnobotryella sp. | C2 | Teratosphaeriaceae, Capnodiales, Ascomycota |
| Cochliobolus lunatus | C3, C4, C7, C8, C9 | Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Ascomycota |
| Eurotium chevalieri/amstelodamii | C8 | Trichocomaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota |
| Exserohilum rostratum | C9 | Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Ascomycota |
| Fusarium equiseti | C3 | Mitosporic Hypocreales, Ascomycota |
| Fusarium sp. | C3, C9 | Mitosporic Hypocreales, Ascomycota |
| Humicola fuscoatra | C9 | Mitosporic Ascomycota |
| Myrothecium verrucaria | C8 | Mitosporic Hypocreales, Ascomycota |
| Phoma macrostoma | C8 | Mitosporic Ascomycota |
| Pleiochaeta ghindensis | C9 | Mitosporic Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota |
| Teratosphaeria sp. | C2 | Teratosphaeriaceae, Capnodiales, Ascomycota |
| Trichoderma inhamatum | C3 | Hypocreaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota |
| Ulocladium sp. | C5 | Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Ascomycota |
| Westerdykella nigra | C7 | Sporomiaceae, Pleosporales, Ascomycota |
|
Species from ‘Beagle' dust |
Sample |
Taxonomic position |
| Alternaria alternata | F2 | Pleosporales, Pleosporaceae, Ascomycota |
| Bipolaris spicifera | F2 | Pleosporales, Pleosporaceae, Ascomycota |
| Bipolaris spicifera or Cochliobolus australiensis | F3, F4 | Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Ascomycota |
| Cladosporium sphaerospermum or Cladosporium lignicola | F4, F4 | Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales, Ascomycota |
| Cochliobolus lunatus or Macrophomina phaseolina | F1, F2, F4, F4 | Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Ascomycota or |
| Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeriales, Ascomycota | ||
| Emericella nidulans or Emericella quadrilineata | F4 | Trichocomaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota |
| Phoma betae or Macrophoma sp. | F2 | Mitosporic Ascomycota |
| Phoma sp. | F2 | Mitosporic Ascomycota |
| Thielavia arenaria or Thielavia subthermophila | F2, A | Chaetomiaceae, Sordariales, Ascomycota |
‘Beagle' dust means dust collected on board the ‘Stad Amsterdam' that re-enacted the voyage of Charles Darwin's Beagle in 2009 (Table 3).