Tarbiat Modares University Journal of Crop Protection 2251-9041 1 1 2012 03 01 Fungi associated with ascocarps of desert truffles from different parts of Iran 41 47 1029 10.48311/jcp.2012.1029 EN Samad Jamali Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Zia Banihashemi Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Journal Article Fungi associated with ascocarps of <em>Terfezia claveryi, Tirmania nivea, T. pinoyi, Picoa lefebvrei</em> and <em>P. juniperi</em> in Iran showed a wide range of genera and species in 94 samples collected during 2005–2009 from different regions including Fars, Systan and Baluchestan, Kerman, East Azarbaijan, Khuzestan, Kermanshah and Hormozgan provinces. Thirty two species belonging to 21 genera were recovered from ascocarps of truffles on two culture media. <em>Penicillium</em> <em>chrysogenum, P. citrinum, P. griseofulvum, P. brevicompactum, P. crustosum, P. oxalicum, Aspergillus carbonarius, A. niger, A. flavus</em> and <em>A. terreus</em> were the most common fungal species isolated on glucose–Czapek agar medium. The number of fungal species recovered on 20% NaCl–Czapek agar were less (4 genera and 10 species). The most abundant fungal genera belonged to <em>Penicillium</em> and <em>Aspergillus. </em>Also, <em>Paecilomyces lilacinus</em> and <em>Scopulariopsis halophilica</em> could grow on Czapek agar medium amended with 20 % NaCl. Other fungal species were not able to grow on this medium. https://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article_1029_84d2004bf28a2095230e8e14993d398d.pdf