Amirreza Amirmijani

In other to identifying fungal species associated with some dried fruits, including Common fig, Date palm, and White Mulberry 35 samples were collected from common markets in the south of Kerman province, Jiroft during 2016. After surface disinfestation with 0.5% NaOCl, small fragments of dried fruits were placed onto potato dextrose agar (PDA). Fungal isolates were purified by single spore method. Morphological characteristics of each isolate was recorded. As a preliminary results, seven species including Alternaria alternata, A. tenuissima, Arthrinium arundinis, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Clastospora gossypii var. polymorpha, Fusarium oxysporum and F. verticelliodes were identified. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the fungi associated with dried fruits in Iran.