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The Konaje stream near Mangalore University Campus has been surveyed during 1980–1981 for the occurrence of water-borne fungi by using three methods: leaf litter observations, foam analysis and water filtration. A total of twenty species of fungi has been recorded. Three species of fungi, Lunulospora curvula, Triscelophorus monosporus and Triscelophorus sp. were found to occur throughout the year. In all three methods Lunulospora curvula occurred in highest frequency. The occurrence of different species was found to correlate with the rainfall and leaf deposition in this region and not with water temperature.
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Sridhar, K.R., Kaveriappa, K.M. Seasonal occurrence of water-borne fungi in Konaje stream (Mangalore), India. Hydrobiologia 119, 101–105 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011949
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