Table 1.

Internal fungal incidence (CFU/100 seed) in studied medicinal seeds ^a.

Fungal Species	Tangerine Seed	Lychee Seed	Platycladi Seed	Spiderflower Seed	Peach Seed	Coix Seed	Plantain Seed	Lotus Seed	Cassia Seed	Chinese Dodder Seed	Sum	Frequency %
Acremonium sp.		9									9	2.56
Alternaria alternata				28					2		30	8.52
Aspergillus flavus			25							1	26	7.39
Aspergillus fumigatus		15	14								29	8.24
Aspergillus nidulans		20									20	5.68
Aspergillus niger			27								27	7.67
Aspergillus proliferans		2									2	0.57
Aspergillus steynii	2										2	0.57
Aspergillus tubingensis	2										2	0.57
Aspergillus versicolor	2										2	0.57
Botryophaeria sp.			1								1	0.28
Chaetomium globosporum	39	16			22		4				81	23.01
Cochliobolus sativus						2					2	0.57
Eurotium amstelodami		19									19	5.4
Eurotium chevalieri		3									3	0.85
Eurotium repens	5		1								6	1.7
Eurotium rubrum		16									16	4.55
Fusarium incarnatum						2					2	0.57
Microascus cirrosus	5										5	1.42
Paecilomyces variotii		2									2	0.57
Penicillium aurantiogriseum								2			2	0.57
Penicillium bilaiae	6										6	1.7
Penicillium polonicum	7			2						1	10	2.84
Penicillium solitum	3										3	0.85
Penicillium spinulosum	2										2	0.57
Phoma sp.						2					2	0.57
Microascus trigonosporus	41										41	11.65
Infected seeds No. /100 seeds	100	92	59	30	22	6	4	2	2	2
Seeds infected with more than two fungal species	20	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Co-infected fungal species	Chaetomiun globosporum + Penicillium spp.	Eurotium spp. + Aspergillus spp./ Eurotium spp. + Chaetomium globosporum	Aspergillus niger + Aspergillus flavus

^a none internal fungi were acquired from pepperweed seed and flastem milkvetch seed samples.