Marine fungi are an ecologically diverse group which belong to the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Chytridiomycota and Zygomycota. They grow on numerous substrata such as decaying wood and leaves, algae, coral, calcareous tubes of molluscs, animals, and found in sand, muds, soils, sediments. Marine fungi play a substantial components role in nutrient cycling and are a critical source of natural products. They are distributed in 65 orders, 126 families, 472 genera and 1,112 species. Of these, Ascomycota 805 (in 352 genera), Basidiomycota 21 species (in 17 genera), Chytridiomycota and related phyla 26 species (in 13 genera), Zygomycota three (in two genera), Blastocladiomycota one species (one genus), asexual morphs of filamentous fungi 43 (in 26 genera); and marine yeasts: Ascomycota 138 species (in 35 genera), Basidiomycota 75 species (in 26 genera). The Halosphaeriaceae is the largest family of marine species with 141 species in 59 genera.
Introduction page
Readers are asked to contribute to the website by submitting comments, updates, new taxa to the senior curators. See the attached e mail addresses.
Readers are invited to draft species descriptions for marine fungi and submit to GHaeth Jones: torperadgj@gmail.com
Purpose of webpage
-To provide the distributions of marine fungi.
-To supply online information on classification, description, types and location.
Each species is described with illustrations.
-To provide higher classification of marine fungi.
How to search for genus/species
- Please use the search Box atthe top of this page to find details of species
- Type the genus name in the blank box
- Press search. The species name will then appear as blue font
- Now click on the species name (blue font) to access the description.
Recommendation: As the same genus/ species have many distributions on the map. If the user is willing to access another genus. Search by typing genus name in the blank is recommended.
http://www.marinefungi.org/