Study of fungi from the contaminated soils of peri-urban agricultural areas

The micro-fungal flora of heavy metals contaminated peri-urban agricultural fields of pakistan were investigated in terms of their diversity by soil serial dilution method. a total of 30 micro-fungi were isolated from 6 sampling sites. of these isolates 24 belong to phylum ascomycota,3 to phylum zygomycota,2 to phylum basidiomycota and 1 to phylum deuteromycota. the most widespread genus was aspergillus and common species aspergillus niger. frequency percentage showed that kasur is rich in fungal population as compared to other peri urban areas while wah cantt showed maximum fungal colony forming unit (cfu). the aim of present investigation was to see the diversity of fungi in heavy metal contaminated soils of peri-urban agricultural areas and study them in future for heavy metal tolerance and biosorption analysis in reference to bioremediation.