[Mycological diagnosis and study of mycetes isolated from an area along the Tyrrhenian coast in the province of Catanzaro (Calabria)].

10 areas along the Tyrrhenian coast were studied: 37 genera of hyphomycetes were isolated from 100 sand samples. The genera Aspergillus, Fusarium, Alternaria, Penicillium, Dendryphiopsis, were constantly present. Many of the fungi isolated occurred only rarely and were represented by Trichoderma, Sepedonium, Cladosporium and Chrysosporium. The genus Geotrichum was the most prevalent of the unpigmented yeasts which were predominant (59.6%), while Rhodotorula was the main genus in pink yeasts (40.4%). The species Chrysosporium keratinophilum and Chrysosporium tropicum were the only representatives of keratinophilic fungi; Dermatophytes were not isolated. Furthermore the hyphomycetes were osmophilic genera and for this reason they may be regarded as specific sand flora. Hence the data proves useful to us, indicating the negligible degree of human and animal influence of these sea shores.