Diagnostic study of soil fungi in Salah al-Din Governorate

Abstract

This study was conducted in the laboratories of department of biology, college of education for pure sciences, in which four species of fungi were isolated from soils of different textures taken from different regions of Salah al-Din Governorate (Al-Alam, Shirqat, Dujail, Balad and Tikrit), as well as soils contaminated with crude oil from Qayyarah district. Fungi have been diagnosed in different types of soil, namely, the soil (garden soil - white soil - red soil - green soil - sandy soil - oil-contaminated soil). The following races have been obtained Aspergillus terrus , Aspergillus niger , Rhizopus , Alternaria, where the fungus niger was isolated. A of several types of soil, including red, black, sandy and clay soils from Tikrit, Balad and Al-Alam districts. As for the fungus Rhizopus, it was identified from soil samples taken from the garden soil in the department of biology and the soils of fields in the regions of Balad, Tikrit, Dujail and Al-Alam. In the red soil of Dujail district, the fungus Alternaria was isolated. Samples of the fungus Aspergillus terrus were obtained in sandy soils taken from Al-Alam and Al-Sharqat area. As for the soils contaminated with crude oil from Qayyarah district, no fungi were diagnosed.