Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest

Vegetation, elevation gradient and soil temperature are considered as major drivers of ECM fungi species richness. ECM sporocarps were collected during rainy seasons for two years to study the link between the distribution of ECM mushrooms with Castonopsis echinocarpa, Parashorea chinensis, and Pitt...

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Main Authors: Ediriweera, A.N., Karunarathna, Samantha C, Xu J.C., Bandara, S.M.G.S., Gamage, A., Schaefer, D.A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Mushroom Research Foundation 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113350
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author Ediriweera, A.N.
Karunarathna, Samantha C
Xu J.C.
Bandara, S.M.G.S.
Gamage, A.
Schaefer, D.A.
author_browse Bandara, S.M.G.S.
Ediriweera, A.N.
Gamage, A.
Karunarathna, Samantha C
Schaefer, D.A.
Xu J.C.
author_facet Ediriweera, A.N.
Karunarathna, Samantha C
Xu J.C.
Bandara, S.M.G.S.
Gamage, A.
Schaefer, D.A.
author_sort Ediriweera, A.N.
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description Vegetation, elevation gradient and soil temperature are considered as major drivers of ECM fungi species richness. ECM sporocarps were collected during rainy seasons for two years to study the link between the distribution of ECM mushrooms with Castonopsis echinocarpa, Parashorea chinensis, and Pittosporopsis kerrii with varying elevations and soil temperatures, in a tropical rain forest Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. For each tree species, 60 trees of approximately the same size were selected, where half of them were growing at higher elevation levels and the rest at lower levels. The highest total counts of ECM fungi, as well as the highest species richness were produced by P. chinensis followed by C. echinocarpa and P. kerrii. Highest species richness was shown in September by P. chinensis, while P. kerrii trees had the lowest count of mushrooms across rainy seasons. Species of Boletales were recorded with highest species richness followed by species of order Agaricales around both C.echinocarpa and P.chinensis. ECM fungi count declined with increased elevation. Furthermore, fungi species richness increased positively with increased soil temperature in a tropical seasonal rainforest.
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spelling CGSpace1133502023-03-18T05:16:58Z Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest Ediriweera, A.N. Karunarathna, Samantha C Xu J.C. Bandara, S.M.G.S. Gamage, A. Schaefer, D.A. fungi soil temperature vegetation Vegetation, elevation gradient and soil temperature are considered as major drivers of ECM fungi species richness. ECM sporocarps were collected during rainy seasons for two years to study the link between the distribution of ECM mushrooms with Castonopsis echinocarpa, Parashorea chinensis, and Pittosporopsis kerrii with varying elevations and soil temperatures, in a tropical rain forest Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. For each tree species, 60 trees of approximately the same size were selected, where half of them were growing at higher elevation levels and the rest at lower levels. The highest total counts of ECM fungi, as well as the highest species richness were produced by P. chinensis followed by C. echinocarpa and P. kerrii. Highest species richness was shown in September by P. chinensis, while P. kerrii trees had the lowest count of mushrooms across rainy seasons. Species of Boletales were recorded with highest species richness followed by species of order Agaricales around both C.echinocarpa and P.chinensis. ECM fungi count declined with increased elevation. Furthermore, fungi species richness increased positively with increased soil temperature in a tropical seasonal rainforest. 2020-11-12 2021-04-15T03:15:27Z 2021-04-15T03:15:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113350 en Open Access Mushroom Research Foundation Ediriweera, A.N., Karunarathna, S.C., Xu J.C., Bandara, S.M.G.S., Gamage, A., Schaefer, D.A., 2020. Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest. Studies in Fungi, 5(1): 471-484. https://doi.org/10.5943/sif/5/1/28
spellingShingle fungi
soil temperature
vegetation
Ediriweera, A.N.
Karunarathna, Samantha C
Xu J.C.
Bandara, S.M.G.S.
Gamage, A.
Schaefer, D.A.
Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
title Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
title_full Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
title_fullStr Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
title_full_unstemmed Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
title_short Linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
title_sort linking ectomycorrhizal mushroom species richness and composition with dominant trees in a tropical seasonal rainforest
topic fungi
soil temperature
vegetation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113350
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