title: Diversity of micro-fungi in an Antarctic dry valley.
abstract: The fungal microflora of a dry valley in Southern Victoria Land near McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, was investigated.  Samples were collected from introduced objects such as a mummified penguin and spent chewing tobacco in addition to the sparse soil found in rock fissures, isolated moss colonies, shoreline deposit materials, CaCO3 precipitates, and microbial mat debris obtained from the frozen surface of the lake in the basin of Taylor Valley.  Using conventional media and techniques, all collection sites yielded populations of yeasts and filamentous fungi.  Water samples and live microbial mats from beneath the lake ice yielded species of fungi along with an abundance of bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Mycology Laboratory, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti 48197, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Baublis
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wharton
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Volz
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D002912:Chrysosporium; D003081:Cold Climate; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology; D007053:Ice; D018535:Mars; D012621:Seasons; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D015003:Yeasts
chemical_list: D007053:Ice