Marine fungi of Queensland, Australia

Abstract

Collections of filamentous higher marine fungi gathered along sandy beaches and the mangal of Queensland yielded 43 species, of which 28 are new records for Australia. Six additional species have been recorded earlier but did not occur in this survey. The annotated list contains 43 ascomycetes, one basidiomycete and five anamorphic ('imperfect') fungi. Among the hosts and substrates are Avicennia marina, Avicennia sp., Osbornia octodonta, Pandanus sp., Rhizophora stylosa and Rhizophora sp. Massarina Iacertensis Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm. sp. nov. is a new species on wood of R. stylosa from Lizard Island.