Annotated Host List of Uganda Parasitic Fungi and Plant Diseases- Part I

Abstract

The last list of Uganda Fungi published was that of Miss Wakefield (KewBulletin. 1920. p. 289 et seq.)and since that publication the collection and identification of these organisms has proceeded steadily though at times not very rapidly. The result is that the list referred to is now much out of date. And the following represents an effort to collect together all the records available. A large number of purely saprophytic fungi have been recorded and identified in Uganda but most of these are omitted from the following list. Many new species are mentioned in it and it is hoped that the Latin descriptions of these will be published shortly. In some groups there is doubt as to the accuracy of the older records but no time has been available to revise these as efforts have been concentrated on keeping abreast of the more recent collections; in any case. The material of the older collections is at Kew Herbarium and no duplicates are available in Uganda.