TABLE 1.

Isolated kelp endophytic fungi from E. radiata and their occurrence in different plant tissues(HF-holdfast, S-stipe, B-blade).

ID	Species	Previously cultivated from other hosts/environments	Degradation potential and bioactive compounds	References
1.	Aspergillus proliferans HF	Marine, terrestrial soil, in-door, citrus, grapevine	● Chitin degradation, ● Synthetic, or reactive dyes (aniline blue and congo red) degradation, Laccase enzyme production	Kanmani et al., 2011; Kim et al., 2013; Chen et al., 2017; Hassan et al., 2018
2.	Bartalinia pondoensis HF, S, B	Bamboo Saraca asoca, Clerodendrum inerme, Phaseolus lunatus	● Suppress salicylic acid, ● Anticancer activity, ● Detectable volatile compounds	Arzanlou, 2012; Navarro-Meléndez and Heil, 2014; Crous et al., 2015; Gong et al., 2015; Rashmi, 2019
3.	Epicoccum sorghinum HF, S	Air, soil Dendrobium officinale (stem and roots), Camporesia sambuci	● Tenuazonic acid production, ● Biocontrol agent against phytopathogens, ● Antimicrobial activity	Jin et al., 2017; Li et al., 2017; Braga et al., 2018; Oliveira et al., 2018
4.	Cladosporium sp. HF, S, B	Number of macroalgae	● Antioxidant activity ● Insecticidal activity	Flewelling et al., 2015
5.	Talaromyces assiutensis B	Soil, seawater, root halophytes, Citrus macropter	● Antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis, ● Anti-inflammatory, ● Anti-bacterial, ● Cyclopentenone derivative, phenolicethers derivative, itaconic acid derivative	Peter et al., 2012; You et al., 2014; Phonrod et al., 2016; Wang et al., 2016; Cai et al., 2020; Deka and Jha, 2020
6.	Truncospora tephropora HF, S	Taxus chinensis, Centella asiatica	● Anti-cancer compound ● Pyricularia oryzae activity, ● Sesquiterpenoid, perenniporin, ergosterol, decahydro-2,2,5,8-tetramethyl-2H-naphtho[1,8-bc]genfuran-5-ol, and albicanol, ● Cytotoxicitic metabolites, ● Alkaline resistant laccase production, ● Liquid waste detoxification	Ben Younes et al., 2007; Gómez-Toribio et al., 2009; Wu et al., 2013
7.	Penicillium corylophilum HF, S, B	Soil, waste water, Alnus glutinosa root, Calotropis procera leaf, Picea glauca needle, Withania somnifera stem	● Antibacterial activity, ● Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), ● Organic matter removal and degrading hydrocarbons, ● Gibberellic acid production	Zhang et al., 1997; Garcia Silva et al., 2004; Nicoletti et al., 2014; Rai et al., 2014
8.	Penicillium sp. HF, S, B	Macroalgae	● Antioxidant activity ● Insecticidal activity	Flewelling et al., 2015
9.	Penicillium fagi HF, S, B	Fagus silvatica	● Water-soluble greenish blue pigments	Martinez and Ramirez, 1978; Mapari et al., 2005; Bouhri et al., 2020
10. 11.	Mucor circinelloides HF, S, B	Soil, plants and decaying fruits, Vitis vinifera, Eichhornia crassipes, Alternaria porri	● Biotechnology, ● Biodiesel production, ● Human health/fatal infection, ● Proteases production, ● Light sensing by three photoreceptor genes, ● Caratenogenesis	Abdel-Hafez et al., 2015; Zhao et al., 2016; Vellanki et al., 2018

The table summarizes other environments from which the respective isolates have been cultivated previously and their known degradation potential. None of these species was present at marinefungi.org website.