Table 2.
Superficial fungal incidence (%) in studied medicinal seeds. The percent of CFUs associated with a given genus are given for each seed.
| Fungal Species | Tangerine Seed | Lychee Seed | Platycladi Seed | Spiderflower Seed | Peach Seed | Coix Seed | Plantain Seed | Lotus Seed | Cassia Seed | Chinese Dodder Seed | Flastem Milkvetch Seed | Pepperweed Seed | Relative Frequency % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absedia sp. | 8.00 | 0.67 | |||||||||||
| Acremonium sp. | 3.03 | 0.25 | |||||||||||
| Alternaria alternata | 33.33 | 5.88 | 3.27 | ||||||||||
| Aspergillus candidus | 4.11 | 0.34 | |||||||||||
| Aspergillus flavus | 12.12 | 23.03 | 2.67 | 3.03 | 3.40 | ||||||||
| Aspergillus fumigatus | 9.84 | 5.33 | 2.74 | 40.00 | 3.70 | 5.13 | |||||||
| Aspergillus nidulans | 1.33 | 5.56 | 0.57 | ||||||||||
| Aspergillus niger | 72.47 | 22.67 | 16.00 | 28.00 | 9.09 | 12.35 | |||||||
| Aspergillus ochraceus | 31.15 | 8.00 | 3.26 | ||||||||||
| Aspergillus sydowii | 4.00 | 12.12 | 23.53 | 3.30 | |||||||||
| Aspergillus tubingensis | 56.00 | 12.12 | 5.88 | 6.17 | |||||||||
| Aspergillus versicolor | 4.00 | 4.00 | 66.67 | 5.88 | 6.71 | ||||||||
| Bispora sp. | 5.88 | 0.49 | |||||||||||
| Chaetomium globosporum | 5.56 | 3.03 | 5.88 | 1.21 | |||||||||
| Cladosporium cladosporioides | 13.89 | 12.00 | 6.06 | 2.66 | |||||||||
| Eurotium repens | 16.44 | 1.37 | |||||||||||
| Fusarium incarnatum | 50.93 | 4.24 | |||||||||||
| Fusarium solani | 11.76 | 0.98 | |||||||||||
| Mucor racemosus | 1.33 | 12.00 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 26.00 | 27.27 | 6.19 | ||||||
| Paecilomyces variotii | 64.38 | 5.37 | |||||||||||
| Penicillium aurantiogriseum | 65.33 | 5.44 | |||||||||||
| Penicillium chrysogenum | 3.28 | 3.03 | 0.53 | ||||||||||
| Penicillium citrinum | 48.48 | 4.49 | 4.00 | 3.03 | 5.88 | 5.49 | |||||||
| Penicillium commune | 1.37 | 3.70 | 0.42 | ||||||||||
| Penicillium implicatum | 5.56 | 0.46 | |||||||||||
| Penicillium oxalicum | 1.21 | 1.54 | 3.03 | 0.48 | |||||||||
| Penicillium polonicum | 38.18 | 55.74 | 1.33 | 5.48 | 20.00 | 4.00 | 18.52 | 11.11 | 15.15 | 11.76 | 15.11 | ||
| Penicillium variabile | 4.00 | 0.33 | |||||||||||
| Penicillium viridicatum | 3.70 | 0.31 | |||||||||||
| Phialophora sp. | 4.11 | 0.34 | |||||||||||
| Phoma sp. | 5.88 | 0.49 | |||||||||||
| Scopulariopsis sp. | 11.76 | 0.98 | |||||||||||
| Trichoderma koningii | 11.11 | 0.93 | |||||||||||
| Vlocladium sp. | 1.37 | 5.56 | 0.58 | ||||||||||
| Total fungal counts (CFU/g) | 4.13 × 104 | 1.53 × 102 | 4.25 × 104 | 8.1 × 104 | 1.88 × 104 | 1.83 × 102 | 6.25 × 104 | 6.5 × 101 | 6.75 × 103 | 4.5 × 102 | 8.25 × 101 | 5.75 × 104 |