Fungi associated with halophytes of an inland salt marsh, Manitoba, Canada

Abstract

Six halophytic plants including Atriplex patula, Glaux maritima, Hordeum jubatum, Puccinellia nuttalliana, Salicornia rubra, and Suaeda depressa were collected at various growth stages throughout the growing season of the summers 1982 and 1983 from an inland salt marsh at Delta, Man. Washed root and shoot pieces of each plant species were plated on culture medium, incubated, and surveyed for cauloplane and rhizoplane fungi. A total of 31 taxa were isolated including 3 asco-mycetes, 2 coelomycetes, 1 zygomycete, and 25 hyphomycetes. Morphological features, plant type, cultures, and taxonomic deposition are presented for each fungal taxon.