Foliar endophytic fungi of Ceará State (Brazil): a preliminary study

摘要: A preliminary survey of endophytic fungi was undertaken with plant species the Brazilian Northeastern Region, from march to september 1998, in different counties Ceara State. Thirty-eight genera were isolated as fungal endophytes Anacardium occidentale, Copernicia prunifera, Malpighia emarginata, Mangifera indica, Manihot esculenta, Punica granatum, Ricinus communis, Spondias purpurea, S. tuberosa, Syagrus picrophylla and Syzygium jambolanum. Endophytic. mainly mitosporic fungi. Infection frequencies higher for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Guignardia sp., Phaeotrichoconis cf. crotalariae a Pterulopsis-like fungus. Some pathogenic fungi, e.g. Acremonium, Alternaria, Cladosporium, Colletotnichum, Fusarium, Guignardia, Lasiodiplodia, Phoma, Phomopsis, Septoria Stagonospora sp. healthy leaves. Among 52 taxa during this investigation 17 represent new records plants Northeastern.