Air-borne fungi in the air of Barcelona (Spain). II. The genus Alternaria

✍ Scribed by Maria A. Calvo; J. Guarro; G. Suarez; C. Ramírez

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 317 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00452824

✦ Synopsis

The genus Alternaria Nees formed one of the more important components of the fungus population of the air at Barselone (Spain), during a two-year study, from February 1976 through January 1978. Results were based only on studies of colonies obtained by gravity-exposed plates.

The occurrence of this genus was greatly affected by climatic conditions. In general, however, Alternaria appeared to prefer warmer weather.

A total of six species of Alternaria was identified, of which, Alternaria alternata (Fries) Keissler was by far the commonest, representing 71.3 ~o of all colonies.