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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-04-2009
DOI: 10.1007/S00572-009-0244-3
Abstract: Decaying wood provides an important habitat for animals and forms a seed bed for many shade-intolerant, small-seeded plants, particularly Nothofagus. Using morphotyping and rDNA sequence analysis, we compared the ectomycorrhizal fungal community of isolated N. cunninghamii seedlings regenerating in decayed wood against that of mature tree roots in the forest floor soil. The /cortinarius, /russula-lactarius, and /laccaria were the most species-rich and abundant lineages in forest floor soil in Australian sites at Yarra, Victoria and Warra, Tasmania. On root tips of seedlings in dead wood, a subset of the forest floor taxa were prevalent among them species of /laccaria, /tomentella-thelephora, and /descolea, but other forest floor dominants were rare. Statistical analyses suggested that the fungal community differs between forest floor soil and dead wood at the level of both species and phylogenetic lineage. The fungal species colonizing isolated seedlings on decayed wood in austral forests were taxonomically dissimilar to the species dominating in similar habitats in Europe. We conclude that formation of a resupinate fruit body type on the underside of decayed wood is not necessarily related to preferential root colonization in decayed wood. Rather, biogeographic factors as well as differential dispersal and competitive abilities of fungal taxa are likely to play a key role in structuring the ectomycorrhizal fungal community on isolated seedlings in decaying wood.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2002
DOI: 10.1071/SB01022
Abstract: Five species of Amarrendia gen. nov. (Amanitaceae) are presented, three new species A. oleosa, A.�nemoribus and A. peridiocrystalia and two new combinations A. grandispora and A. lignicolor formerly placed in Alpova. It is proposed that Amarrendia occupies a systematic position within a complex of related taxa that also incorporates Torrendia and Amanita. Basidiomes of Amarrendia resemble those of the genus Torrendia, except for the absence of a stipe. Characteristics of Amarrendia that closely resemble those of Torrendia include (i) white or cream peridium and the similarly coloured, loculate gleba which may be empty or filled with a rapidly drying clear liquid, (ii) fragile consistency of the basidiome flesh in some species, (iii) glistening, minutely granular surface of the basidiomes (because of inflated cells exposed at the surface), (iv) broad ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline, non-amyloid, non-dextrinoid spores with a large oil droplet and a broad tapering apiculus and (v) context trama composed of inflated and hyphal elements intermixed. Amarrendia is currently known only in temperate Australia where it occurs in natural ecosystems and plantations in association with ectomycorrhizal plants such as Eucalyptus, Allocasuarina and Gastrolobium.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-01-2007
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-01-2007
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2003
DOI: 10.1071/SB02017
Abstract: Descriptions of 10 new species Gymnomyces boranupensis, G. clelandii, G. costatisporus, G. eburneus, G. furcatispinus, G. glarea, G. longisporus, G. pterospermus, G. rodwayi and G. westresii from Australia are presented. Illustrations and a key to all known species of Gymnomyces from Australia and New Zealand are provided.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2003
DOI: 10.1071/SB02016
Abstract: Descriptions and illustrations of 11 new species Cystangium bisporum, C. clavatum, C. flavovirens, C.�luteobrunneum, C. macrocystidium, C. pisiglarea, C. shultziae, C. sparsum, C. theodouri, C. trappei and C.�xanthocarpum from Australia are presented. Keys to the sequestrate Russulales genera and all known species of Cystangium from Australia are provided.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2007
DOI: 10.1071/SB07007
Abstract: Australian taxa of the sequestrate genus Macowanites were examined by using LSU and ITS regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA and found to be paraphyletic within the agaricoid genus Russula. The type of the genus Macowanites, M. agaricinus, is described here as a generic synonym of Russula and an emended description of the genus Russula is provided. Descriptions and illustrations of nine new species, Russula albidoflava T.Lebel, R. albobrunnea T.Lebel, R. brunneonigra T.Lebel, R. galbana T.Lebel, R. pumicoidea T.Lebel, R. reddellii T.Lebel, R. rostraticystidia T.Lebel, R. sinuata T.Lebel and R. variispora T.Lebel, from Australia, are presented. Nomenclatural changes for five previously published Australasian species are also proposed.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-04-2014
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2009
DOI: 10.1071/SB07041
Abstract: Australian taxa of the sequestrate genus Cribbea were examined by the use of ITS and nLSU sequences of nuclear rDNA and found to belong to the Physalacriaceae with affinities to Xerula and Oudemansiella. A new species, Cribbea turbinispora P.Catcheside & T.Lebel, from South Australia is described, and the previously described species C. lamellata (J.W.Cribb) A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid is synonymised under C. gloriosa (D.A.Reid) A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid. Descriptions and illustrations of the Australian species of Cribbea, including C. gloriosa, C. reticulata (J.W.Cribb) A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid, C. turbinispora, and descriptions of the ex-Australian taxon C. andina (Speg.) J.E.Wright & E.Horak are presented. A key to all presently described Cribbea species is provided.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2020
DOI: 10.1002/APS3.11392
Publisher: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Date: 26-10-2023
DOI: 10.58828/NUY01066
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1071/SB16025
Abstract: Australia supports a high ersity of sequestrate (truffle-like) macrofungi. This has long been thought to be related to the predominantly or seasonally dry climate. The present study posits that if aridity were a key factor in the evolution of sequestrate fruit-bodies, most sequestrate species would have emerged in Australia only after it began to aridify, which occurred post-separation with Antarctica (c. 32 million years ago). Focusing on the high phylogenetic ersity of sequestrate taxa in the Agaricomycetes in Australia, dates of sequestrate nodes were compiled directly from published phylogenies (four lineages) or created using sequences available on GenBank that were processed in BEAST using a secondary calibration method (nine lineages). Although the morphologically erse Hysterangiales was found to be the first group to become sequestrate, c. 83 million years ago, overall sequestration in Australia occurred more recently. Models were created and compared and support was found for an increased rate of sequestration in Australia at some point between 34 and 13 million years ago (during the Oligocene and Miocene). Although the rate of sequestration is shown to have increased in Australia after separation from Antarctica, the timing also overlaps with the radiation of potential mycorrhizal plant associates, and the emergence of specialised mycophagous marsupials. Although aridification is evidently not the sole driver of sequestration, it is still likely to have had a major influence on the ersity of sequestrate fungi in Australia. Comparisons with other regions of high sequestrate ersity will be informative.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2011
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2012
DOI: 10.3852/11-092
Abstract: Australian collections of sequestrate Agaricaceae were examined with morphological and molecular data (nuclear DNA from ITS and LSU), and the majority were found to belong to the genera Agaricus and Macrolepiota. Previously described Australian species of Endoptychum are transferred to the appropriate agaricoid genera and several new combinations proposed. Descriptions and illustrations are provided for these and eight new species: Agaricus eburneocanus sp. nov., A. chartaceus sp. nov., A. erythrosarx sp. nov., A. inilleasper sp. nov., A. pachydermus sp. nov., Macrolepiota gasteroidea sp. nov., M. vinaceofibrillosa sp. nov. and M. turbinata sp. nov. The sequestrate genus Barcheria is retained as a distinct taxon. Timing of evolution of sequestrate sporocarp forms in Macrolepiota, Chlorophyllum and Agaricus seems to have occurred in the past 15 000 000 y, and a stem age is approximately 65 000 000 y for Barcheria.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-08-2016
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 1990
DOI: 10.1071/MF9900647
Abstract: On intertidal limestone platforms off Perth and neighbouring islands, the limpet Patelloida nigrosulcata occurs only on the shells of living abalone (Haliotis roei) and other limpets (Patella laticostata). The incidence of commensalism varies among sites and between habitats within sites but is consistently high ( 80%) among dense abalone populations along the seaward margin of platforms. There is usually only 1 limpet per shell, although 2 or 3 limpets occasionally co-occur. A strong positive relationship in size (shell length) between Patelloida nigrosulcata and H. roei indicates that limpets settle on juvenile abalone and grow at a rate proportional to the growth rate of their host. A similar size relationship exists between Patelloida nigrosulcata and Patella laticostata. Patelloida nigrosulcata forages diurnally from a home scar and markedly limits the growth of erect macroalgae on the host shell. Escape from intense interspecific competition with other molluscan grazers on the platforms may have been a strong selective force in the evolution of this commensal relationship.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2010
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2004
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756203008736
Abstract: A new sequestrate fungus, Barcheria willisiana gen. et sp. nov., is described and its affinities evaluated using nLSU rDNA sequence data. This unusual fungus has several characters that are reminiscent of species of Agaricus and Lepiota, but with a very reduced basidiome form. The nLSU rDNA of four Australian taxa, Barcheria willisiana, Agaricus xanthodermus, Leucoagaricus naucinus, and Lepiota discolorata, was sequenced for this study. Parsimony analysis of the sequences placed Barcheria within an Agaricus clade.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-09-2021
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2021.1958544
Abstract: To document sequestrate fungal ersity in American tropical regions, we performed a series of field surveys in southeastern Mexico and discovered two new species in the phalloid genus
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2006
DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-842X.2006.TB00871.X
Abstract: To determine if toxic mushroom species are sold at Melbourne fruit and vegetable markets. We purchased a specimen of every mushroom on sale at six large Melbourne markets on four separate days evenly spread during the period April to June, 2005. These specimens were identified by a specialist mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Ten edible mushroom species, but no toxic species, were identified. Mushrooms purchased from Melbourne markets appear to be safe. While this study provides no evidence that public health is at risk from mushrooms sold at Melbourne markets, it has important limitations. Ongoing periodic surveillance is warranted.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-12-2013
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Date: 16-03-2020
DOI: 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.436.1.6
Abstract: Stephanospora xibalba is described from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, based on morphological and molecular data. This species is characterized by the small red-orange basidiomata, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid basidiospores (6.8–11.6 × 6.3–9.5 µm) with a small (3.2–4.5 × 1–1.5 µm) partial corona, and the association with Gymnopodium floribundum.
Publisher: Canadian Science Publishing
Date: 02-2002
DOI: 10.1139/B02-003
Abstract: Knowledge of the community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi among successional forest age-classes is critical for conserving fungal species ersity. Hypogeous and epigeous sporocarps were collected from three replicate stands in each of three forest age-classes (young, rotation-age, and old-growth) of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) dominated stands with mesic plant association groups. Over four fall and three spring seasons, 48 hypogeous and 215 epigeous species or species groups were collected from s le areas of 6300 and 43 700 m 2 , respectively. Cumulative richness of hypogeous and epigeous species was similar among age-classes but differed between seasons. Thirty-six percent of the species were unique to an age-class: 50 species to old-growth, 19 to rotation-age, and 25 to young stands. Seventeen species (eight hypogeous and nine epigeous) accounted for 79% of the total sporocarp biomass two hypogeous species, Gautieria monticola Harkn., and Hysterangium crassirhachis Zeller and Dodge, accounted for 41%. Average sporocarp biomass in young and rotation-age stands compared with old-growth stands was about three times greater for hypogeous sporocarps and six times greater for epigeous sporocarps. Average hypogeous sporocarp biomass was about 2.4 times greater in spring compared with fall and for epigeous sporocarps about 146 times greater in fall compared with spring. Results demonstrated differences in ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarp abundance and species composition among successional forest age-classes.Key words: ectomycorrhizal fungi, sporocarp production, forest succession, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla zone, bio ersity.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2001
DOI: 10.1071/SB00002
Abstract: Sequestrate fungi are a polyphyletic, erse group of macrofungi with truffle-like, underground (hypogeous) or emergent fruit bodies, which are well represented in Australia and New Zealand. The first species in the region were described in 1844, but sequestrate fungi have been poorly documented until recent times. Regional ersity of sequestrate fungi is high in comparison to other parts of the world: for ascomycetes and basidiomycetes 83 genera and 294 species are currently known in Australia and 32 genera and 58 species in New Zealand. Only an estimated 12–23% of species are known for Australia and 25–30% for New Zealand. On that basis, between 1278–2450 species may occur in Australia and 193–232 in New Zealand. Centres of ersity for some groups of sequestrate fungi occur in the region, e.g. Russulaceae (five known genera, 68 species) and Cortinariaceae (eight genera, 33 species). Some other groups are less erse than in the northern hemisphere, e.g. sequestrate Boletaceae (seven genera, 25 species). More than 35% of Australian sequestrate genera and 95% of species are endemic for New Zealand about 45% of sequestrate genera and 80% of species are endemic. Australia and New Zealand share similarities in sequestrate fungi at generic level (11% of total) but do not share many of the same species (4% of total). Knowledge of biogeographical distributions is limited by incomplete taxonomic knowledge and insufficient collections. Some Gondwanan, Australasian and widespread/cosmopolitan patterns are evident. Some exotic sequestrate fungi have been recently introduced and some fungi indigenous to the region occur world-wide as exotics with eucalypt plantings. Within Australia and New Zealand, there is evidence that characteristic suites of fungi co-occur in different climatic and vegetation types. Mycorrhizas of Australian and New Zealand taxa have a range of morphological and physiological attributes relating to their effect on plants and broader roles in ecosystem nutrient cycling and health. Spores of sequestrate fungi are dispersed by a range of fauna. There are tripartite inter-dependent interactions between mycorrhizal plants, sequestrate fungi and native mammals and birds that use the fungi as food. Major environmental influences affecting the distribution, ersity and abundance of sequestrate fungi include climate, topography, soil, vegetation and animals. Imposed upon such influences are a range of natural and human-induced disturbance factors which alter habitat heterogeneity, e.g. fire, fragmentation and replacement of native vegetation and exotic organisms. Rare and endangered sequestrate fungi are likely to occur in Australia and New Zealand, but for most taxa there is insufficient data to determine rarity or commonality. In the face of poor knowledge, assemblage-based and habitat-based approaches are the most appropriate for conservation and management of sequestrate fungi. Habitat heterogeneity may be important for the fungi at scales ranging from different climatic and vegetation types to local topographic-related variations.
Publisher: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Date: 28-12-2016
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.1071/BT10059
Abstract: Fungi are essential components of all ecosystems in roles including symbiotic partners, decomposers and nutrient cyclers and as a source of food for vertebrates and invertebrates. Fire changes the environment in which fungi live by affecting soil structure, nutrient availability, organic and inorganic substrates and other biotic components with which fungi interact, particularly mycophagous animals. We review the literature on fire and fungi in Australia, collating studies that include sites with different time since fire or different fire regimes. The studies used a variety of methods for survey and identification of fungi and focussed on different groups of fungi, with an emphasis on fruit-bodies of epigeal macrofungi and a lack of studies on microfungi in soil or plant tissues. There was a lack of replication of fire treatment effects in some studies. Nevertheless, most studies reported some consequence of fire on the fungal community. Studies on fire and fungi were concentrated in eucalypt forest in south-west and south-eastern Australia, and were lacking for ecosystems such as grasslands and tropical savannahs. The effects of fire on fungi are highly variable and depend on factors such as soil and vegetation type and variation in fire intensity and history, including the length of time between fires. There is a post-fire flush of fruit-bodies of pyrophilous macrofungi, but there are also fungi that prefer long unburnt vegetation. The few studies that tested the effect of fire regimes in relation to the intervals between burns did not yield consistent results. The functional roles of fungi in ecosystems and the interactions of fire with these functions are explained and discussed. Responses of fungi to fire are reviewed for each fungal trophic group, and also in relation to interactions between fungi and vertebrates and invertebrates. Recommendations are made to include monitoring of fungi in large-scale fire management research programs and to integrate the use of morphological and molecular methods of identification. Preliminary results suggest that fire mosaics promote heterogeneity in the fungal community. Management of substrates could assist in preserving fungal ersity in the absence of specific information on fungi.
Publisher: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Date: 18-06-2010
Publisher: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Date: 26-10-2023
DOI: 10.58828/NUY01059
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-06-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2015
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUNBIO.2014.12.007
Abstract: Historically a single name, Stephanospora flava, was applied to all collections of Stephanospora in Australasia. We used morphological characters with molecular support to differentiate and describe nine novel cryptic species, and refine the circumscription of S. flava. Stephanospora flava is herein restricted to bispored collections from Tasmania, and the quadrisporic Stephanospora tetraspora is raised to species level. Six species (four new) are endemic to Australia, S. flava s.s, S. tetraspora comb. nov., Stephanospora sheoak, Stephanospora cribbae, Stephanospora hystrispora, and Stephanospora occidentiaustralis. Three species Stephanospora poropingao, Stephanospora pounamu, and Stephanospora kanuka are endemic to New Zealand and one species, Stephanospora aorangi occurs in both Australia and New Zealand. Two other new species, Stephanospora novae-caledoniae and Stephanospora papua, are endemic to New Caledonia or Papua New Guinea, respectively. Analyses of three nuclear gene regions (ITS, ef-1, and LSU) are consistent with current classifications of the family Stephanosporaceae. Athelidium aurantiacum is an outlier, with a strongly supported core of Cristinia (Clade I), Lindtneria (Clade II), Stephanospora, Mayamontana, and Lindtneria trachyspora (Clade III), and a novel lineage of environmental and sporocarp sequences (Clade IV). Taxonomic and nomenclatural issues raised by the presence of both type species of Stephanospora (Stephanospora caroticolor) and Lindtneria (L. trachyspora) in the same clade are discussed.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-09-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-02-2012
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 07-11-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-03-2007
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-08-2012
Publisher: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Date: 29-06-2020
DOI: 10.3767/PERSOONIA.2020.44.11
Abstract: Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antarctica , Cladosporium arenosum from marine sediment sand. Argentina , Kosmimatamyces alatophylus (incl. Kosmimatamyces gen. nov.) from soil. Australia , Aspergillus banksianus , Aspergillus kumbius , Aspergillus luteorubrus , Aspergillus malvicolor and Aspergillus nanangensis from soil, Erysiphe medicaginis from leaves of Medicago polymorpha , Hymenotorrendiella communis on leaf litter of Eucalyptus bicostata , Lactifluus albopicri and Lactifluus austropiperatus on soil, Macalpinomyces collinsiae on Eriachne benthamii , Marasmius vagus on soil, Microdochium dawsoniorum from leaves of Sporobolus natalensis , Neopestalotiopsis nebuloides from leaves of Sporobolus elongatus , Pestalotiopsis etonensis from leaves of Sporobolus jacquemontii , Phytophthora personensis from soil associated with dying Grevillea mccutcheonii. Brazil , Aspergillus oxumiae from soil, Calvatia baixaverdensis on soil, Geastrum calycicoriaceum on leaf litter, Greeneria kielmeyerae on leaf spots of Kielmeyera coriacea . Chile , Phytophthora aysenensis on collar rot and stem of Aristotelia chilensis . Croatia , Mollisia gibbospora on fallen branch of Fagus sylvatica . Czech Republic , Neosetophoma hnaniceana from Buxus sempervirens . Ecuador , Exophiala frigidotolerans from soil. Estonia , Elaphomyces bucholtzii in soil. France , Venturia paralias from leaves of Euphorbia paralias . India , Cortinarius balteatoindicus and Cortinarius ulkhagarhiensis on leaf litter. Indonesia , Hymenotorrendiella indonesiana on Eucalyptus urophylla leaf litter. Italy , Penicillium taurinense from indoor chestnut mill. Malaysia , Hemileucoglossum kelabitense on soil, Satchmopsis pini on dead needles of Pinus tecunumanii . Poland , Lecanicillium praecognitum on insects' frass. Portugal , Neodevriesia aestuarina from saline water. Republic of Korea , Gongronella namwonensis from freshwater. Russia , Candida pellucida from Exomias pellucidus , Heterocephalacria septentrionalis as endophyte from Cladonia rangiferina , Vishniacozyma phoenicis from dates fruit, Volvariella paludosa from sw . Slovenia , Mallocybe crassivelata on soil. South Africa , Beltraniella podocarpi , Hamatocanthoscypha podocarpi , Coleophoma podocarpi and Nothoseiridium podocarpi (incl. Nothoseiridium gen. nov.)from leaves of Podocarpus latifolius , Gyrothrix encephalarti from leaves of Encephalartos sp., Paraphyton cutaneum from skin of human patient, Phacidiella alsophilae from leaves of Alsophila capensis , and Satchmopsis metrosideri on leaf litter of Metrosideros excelsa. Spain , Cladophialophora cabanerensis from soil, Cortinarius paezii on soil, Cylindrium magnoliae from leaves of Magnolia grandiflora , Trichophoma cylindrospora (incl. Trichophoma gen. nov.) from plant debris, Tuber alcaracense in calcareus soil, Tuber buendiae in calcareus soil. Thailand , Annulohypoxylon spougei on corticated wood, Poaceascoma filiforme from leaves of unknown Poaceae. UK , Dendrostoma luteum on branch lesions of Castanea sativa , Ypsilina buttingtonensis from heartwood of Quercus sp. Ukraine , Myrmecridium phragmiticola from leaves of Phragmites australis. USA , Absidia pararepens from air, Juncomyces californiensis (incl. Juncomyces gen. nov.) from leaves of Juncus effusus , Montagnula cylindrospora from a human skin s le, Muriphila oklahomaensis (incl. Muriphila gen. nov.)on outside wall of alcohol distillery, Neofabraea eucalyptorum from leaves of Eucalyptus macrandra , Diabolocovidia claustri (incl. Diabolocovidia gen. nov.)from leaves of Serenoa repens , Paecilomyces penicilliformis from air, Pseudopezicula betulae from leaves of leaf spots of Populus tremuloides . Vietnam , Diaporthe durionigena on branches of Durio zibethinus and Roridomyces pseudoirritans on rotten wood. Morphological and culture characteristics are supported by DNA barcodes.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-05-2012
DOI: 10.1007/S00572-011-0388-9
Abstract: The occurrence of the exotic ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria in a mixed Nothofagus-Eucalyptus native forest was investigated to determine if A. muscaria has switched hosts to form a successful association with a native tree species in a natural environment. A mycorrhizal morphotype consistently found beneath A. muscaria sporocarps was examined, and a range of morphological and anatomical characteristics in common with those described for ectomycorrhizae formed by A. muscaria on a broad range of hosts were observed. A full description is provided. The likely plant associate was determined to be Nothofagus cunninghamii based upon anatomy of the roots. Analysis of ITS-1 and ITS-2 regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences confirmed the identities of both fungal and plant associates. These findings represent conclusive evidence of the invasion of a non-indigenous ectomycorrhizal fungus into native forest and highlight the ecological implications of this discovery.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2010
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUNBIO.2009.12.001
Abstract: The timing of fruiting body production by epigeous macrofungi is thought to be mostly determined by substrate moisture and temperature. Understanding the environmental cues that influence fruiting can help when designing surveys, interpreting results, and predicting effects of an altered climate. Species fruiting in 22 river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) woodland sites in southeastern Australia was recorded at regular intervals over 2 y. Models were constructed to explain the phenology of 25 of the most common species, as well as the total number of species found fruiting on each survey occasion. We found that rainfall minus evaporation and the time of year each influenced fruiting of the common fungi, but to varying degrees depending on species. Using these same variables, the model predictions for the total number of species expected to be found on each survey occasion fit the observations reasonably well (R(2)=0.49). The models could be used to estimate the probability of presence for species of conservation interest, to optimise survey timing, or to predict effects of climate change on fruiting.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-07-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-10-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-09-2013
Location: Australia
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