A research on the saprophytic microfungi in olive fruit in Balikesir Province

Abstract

The quality of two types of olive from shops in Balikesir province in respect to microfungal contamination was investigated. Altogether, 15 samples of olive were tested including black and green olive. Thirty microfungi isolates were obtained. The identifi cation of the isolates show that there are 11 different species representing 3 genera and 18 different sterile microfungi were determined. Penicillum was stated as the richest taxa in terms of species numbers. We did not fi nd any correlation between microfungi and type of olive.