Gayatri Nambiar

• MSc., PhD
• Professor (Assistant) at Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, Kannur, Kerala, India

A study dealing with the marine fungi associated with decaying woody samples was carried out from the beach and mangrove ecosystems along the northern Kerala coast. A total of twenty marine fungi comprising 13 ascomycetes and 7 mitosporic fungi were isolated. The mangrove ecosystem supported maximum fungal diversity than the beach ecosystem.Pericon...

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During the course of marine mycological study of South Indian coastal water bodies 82 marine fungi, including 54 Ascomycetes, 2 Basidiomycetes and 26 Mitosporic fungi were encountered. Coastal water bodies of Kerala supported maximum marine fungal diversity (61) than Tamil Nadu (49). Thirty one species were encountered exclusively from Kerala. Twen...

Mangroves constitute unique ecological niche for several communities of flora, fauna and microorganisms. Mangrove ecosystem is being destroyed by a number of anthropogenic activities. The influence of one such activity, i.e. hospital waste disposal on mangroves is being highlighted in this paper.

The frequency of marine fungi from sand buried wood collected from 5 beaches of Kerala was assessed. Altogether 22 arenicolous fungi were obtained including 15 Ascomycetes, 1 Basidiomycete and 6 Mitosporic fungi. Cirrenalia pygmea and Clavatospora bulbosa were common to all location. In terms of percent frequency of occurrence the most frequent spe...

Sand buried wood materials were collected from the beaches of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and screened for marine fungi. A total of 27 arenicolous marine fungi were encountered including 19 Ascomycetes, 1 Basidiomycete and 7 Mitosporic fungi. The present study records the maximum number of arenicolous marine fungi reported so far. Ceriosporo...

A study dealing with the marine fungi associated with decaying wood samples in the brackish water mangrove ecosystem and shoreline ecosystem was carried out in south India. A total of 19 marine fungi were isolated from the brackish water mangrove ecosystem. They included 13 Ascomycetes, one Basidiomycete and five Mitosporic fungi. In terms of perce...

Back water system of Kerala is well known for its fertility. Fungi play a vital role in detritus decomposition, nutrient cycling and energy flow in marine food web including backwater ecosystem. Present investigation on the diversity of marine fungi from two back waters of Kerala resulted in the isolation of 20 marine fungi. These include 11 Ascomy...

Thirty-two manglicolous marine fungi belonging to 23 ascomycetes, 1 basidiomycete and 8 mitosporic fungi were observed from Avicennia and Rhizophora along Kerala coast, South India. Twelve species were found common on both hosts. The number of marine fungal species recorded on Avicennia was greater than Rhizophora. Fifteen species were found specif...

The coastal belt of Kerala (South India) has a unique system of rice cultivation in the saline soils known as pokkali/ kaipad/ kaikandam cultivation. In the present study the authors tries to unveil the fertility factor of these coastal paddy fields. A total of 32 species of higher filamentous marine fungi comprising 20 Ascomycota, 2 Basidiomycota...

Twenty six manglicolous marine fungi comprising 20 Ascomycetes, 1 Basidiomycete and 5 Mitosporic fungi were isolated from the mangrove forests of Kerala, South India. Average isolates per wood sample and percentage colonization were 1.54 and 81.25 respectively. Based on the percent frequency of occurrence , Lulworthia grandispora (13.19%), Dactylos...

In the present investigation, a total of 51 marine fungi were obtained from wood samples collected from four locations of Tamil Nadu (Tuthukudi, Chennai, Kanyakumari and Pichavaram), India. Out of these 51, 28 were ascomycetes, one was basidiomycete and 22 were mitosporic fungi. Maximum fungal diversity was encountered from Tuthukudi, followed by C...

The backwater system of Kerala is well known. In the present investigation, we have tried to explore the marine fungal diversity of selected backwater and brackish water habitats of the North Malabar region of Kerala, India. A total of 30 marine fungi were isolated, which include 19 Ascomycetes, 1 Basidiomycete, and 10 Mitosporic fungi. Periconia p...

Indigenous medicinal plants are an important component of traditional knowledge. Monumental scriptures provide a unique source for several medicinal plants. This paper reports about the 176 indegenous medicinal plants scripted in the Amarakosam (Namalingkanusasanum), an important text, dealing with the synonyms of almost all the living and non livi...

Marine mycoflora the backbone of mangrove forest and coastal water ecosystem is destroyed by a number of anthropogenic activities. The impact of one among such activities, i.e. coir retting is being highlighted in this paper. A total of 22 marine fungi have been encountered from Valapattanam estuary. Adjoining coir-retting field represented 11 mari...

Mangrove ecosystem is well known for the productivity. Fungi play an important role in the nutritive cycle and support the mangrove ecosystem. In the present investigation the authors tries to elucidate marine fungi in selected mangrove ecosystem of North Malabar region of Kerala. 30 marine fungi including 19 Ascomycetes, 1 Basidiomycete and 10 Mit...

A range of fungi occur in the mangrove ecosystem although these differ as to their location and some fungi occur more frequently than others. In a study dealing with the frequency of occurrence of manglicolous fungi on Avicennia and Bruguiera from a mangrove habitat of Kerala, South India, 32 manglicolous marine fungi belonging to 23 ascomycetes, 1...

The paper deals with the data on 115 higher marine fungi on drift wood, intertidal wood, sand buried wood and mangrove wood so far recorded along Kerala coast. The checklist is based on the present study and published literature.