A New Genus of Moniliaceae

Abstract

The soil was collected in September, 1952, from a depth of 2-4 inches with a sterile spatula, packed in a sterile container and brought to the laboratory. The soil was plated in three different dilutions in Petri dishes of several media. The fungus first appeared on potato dextrose agar. Further isolation and purification was done on Czapek's agar and detailed observations have been recorded on the same. The fungus was later tried on various other media, viz. soil extract agar, malt agar, potato dextrose agar and Waksman's agar for recording the behavior and cultural characteristics.