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This study reports the occurrence of fungi associated with 11 accessions of wheat procured from NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan. Eight to twenty eight percent seeds were found affected by these fungi. The highest fungal association was recorded in accessions 11238 and 11241 (28% each) followed by 11242 (24%), 11239 and 11246 (16% each), 11240, 11243 and 11247 (12% each), and 11245 (8%). Fungi associated with these seed(s) included Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Penicillium sp., Bipolaris sp., Curvularia sp. and Fusarium oxysporum. Penicillium sp. was found the most abundantly occurring species with 24% occurrence followed by Bipolaris sp. (20%), Curvularia sp. (18%), A. niger (16%) and F. oxysporum (9%).