Soil microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi play an important role in soil fertility and promoting the plant growth. Sixty soil samples are collected of different agricultural crop fields such as groundnut field, sugarcane field, Plantain field, turmeric field, tapioca field and wasteland with Parthenium field in and around Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu were investigated soil moisture content by oven drying method and diversity of fungi by using serial dilution plating method with standard Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) for qualitative and quantitative pattern. | Comparative studies on fungal biodiversity of agricultural field soil from Thiruvannamalai district Tamil Nadu India