Research on Fresh water fungi

The present paper records the occurrence of ten species of ten species of Mitosporic fungi Viz., 1) Arborispora palma K. Ando, 2) Chaetendophragmia Africana (piron.) B. Sutton & Hodges, 3) Condylospora spumigena Nawawi, 4) Dendrosporium lobatum plakidas & Edegerton ex J.L. Crane, 5) Dicranidion gracilis Matsush., 6) Helicomyces torquatus L.C. Lane & Shearer, 7) Laridospora appendiculata (Anastasiou) Nawawi, 8) Speiropsis hylospora subram. & Lodha, 9) Tridentaria tylota, and 10) Trinacrium robustum conidia of which were encountered in foam samples collected from different streams in Maharashtra state (India). All the fungal species are being recorded for the first time from Maharashtra state except number 2,7 and 8. The data provides information on the range of distribution of these fungi in India. Descriptions of conidia and illustrations are provided.