Successional development of wood-inhabiting fungi associated with dominant tree species in a natural temperate floodplain forest

0563734 - MBÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Lepinay, Clémentine - Tláskal, Vojtěch - Vrška, T. - Brabcová, Vendula - Baldrian, Petr
Successional development of wood-inhabiting fungi associated with dominant tree species in a natural temperate floodplain forest.
Fungal Ecology. Roč. 59, OCT 2022 (2022), č. článku 101116. ISSN 1754-5048. E-ISSN 1878-0083
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GC21-09334J; GA MŠMT(CZ) LTC20073
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : Dead wood * Decomposition * Fungal community * Alluvial forest * Succession * Tree species diversity * Natural forest * Fungal biomass
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 2.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
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Fungi play a crucial role in dead wood decay, being the major decomposers of wood and affecting microbiota associated with dead wood. We sampled dead wood from five deciduous tree species over more than forty years of decay in a natural European floodplain forest with high tree species diversity. While the assembly of dead wood fungal communities shows a high level of stochasticity, it also indicates clear successional patterns, with fungal taxa either specific for early or late stages of wood decay. No clear patterns of fungal biomass content over time were observed. Out of 220 major fungal operational taxonomic units, less than 8% were associated with a single tree species, most of them with Quercus robur. Tree species and wood chemistry, particularly pH, were the most important drivers of fungal community composition. This study highlights the importance of dead wood and tree species diversity for preserving the biodiversity of fungi.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0335705