Fungal Deterioration of Historical Textiles and Approaches for Their Control in Egypt

40 This study represents both a study case about the fungal microflora deteriorating historical textiles in the Egyptian Museum and the Coptic Museum in Cairo, and evaluation of the efficacy of several combinations of consolidants for reinforcement of textiles and fungicides for prevention of fungal deterioration. Two different methods were used for isolation of fungi from historical textile objects. The plate method with a manual key was used for identification of fungi. The results show that the most dominant fungi isolated from the examined textile samples belong to Alternaria, Aspergillus, Chaetomium, Penicillium and Trichoderma species.