ISSN 0970-3586 Ad. Plant Sci. 19 (II) 387 - 390 , 2006 Aeromycoflora of Slum area of Raipur (C.G.) India K.L. Tiwari, S.K. Jadhav and S.R. Kunjam School of Studies in Biotechnology Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C.G.) - 492010 Aeromycoflora over slum area at Raipur (Kukurbeda) was eaned out rom June 204 to December 2004 with the help of gravity petriplates method. During present investigation 435 colonies of 28 fungal species wee identified. Maxi mum 17 secies fungal secies were observed in the month of November while minimum 10 fungal species were observed in August. Out of total fungal flora, the ercentage contributions of different classes were as follows, Zygomycotina (7.14% ). Deuteromycotina (67.85%), unidentified groups (21.42%) and Mycelia sterilia (3.57%). Out of total fungal population Aspergillus niger (12.87%) was most dominated whereas; Cuvularia sp. (11.72%), Cladosporium sp. (9.88%), Altemaria sp. (9.19%) and Penicillium sp. (6.66%) were codominant fungal spores. Keywords : Aeromycoflora, Dominant, Slum area. INTRODUCTION Microorganisms (fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes etc.) are present in the atmosphere. The opulation of microbes and other biological paticles in the atmosphere is referred as airspora (Gregory, 1961). Some airbone fungal spores are known to be responsible for the diverse allergic disorder. The present work provides a critical account of the airbone fungal spores of slum area at Raipur (Kukurbeda) dealing with their numerical and monthly variations in the air. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fungal spores occurring in the atmosphere of slum area at Raipur were trapped during June 2004 to Decmber 2004 at 15 days intervals with the help of gravi�Petriplates method. Five petriplates containing potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium were exposed in the air for 5-10 minutes at the five different places of slum area of Raipur. The exposed petriplates brought to the laboratory and incu bated at 26 ± 1°C for 5-6 days. After incubation period, fungal colonies were counted, isolated and identified on the basis of available literatures (Barnett, 1969, and Ellis, 1949, etc.) RESULTS AND DISCUSSION During present study 28 fungal species of 435 colonies were recorded. Monthly variation and percentage contributions of the fungal species were calculated (table-1). Out of total airspora Zygomycotina (7.14%) , Deuteromycotina (67.85%), unidentified groups (21.42%) and Mycelia sterilia (3.57%) were recorded. Deutermycotina were highest in number. During this study Aspergil/us nige, Altenaria sp., Curvularia sp. and Drechslera sp. were Advances in Plant Sciences December 2006 387