A study of the fungi from the soil of 8.5 m deep archaeological digs- differentiated into 18 strata- at Katra in Ayodhya of Faizabad district (U.P.) has been made. The upper stratum was found to harbour a greater no of fungi, which decrease in quality and quantity towards the lower profiles up to 4.5-5.35 m and finally to nil. The mebers of phycomycetes and ascomycetes were confind to the upper few strata while deuteromycetes were diversified in their distribution.