Mycena laevigata (Fungi, Agaricales) in the heart of Central Europe – a prominent species of old-growth forests

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.czechmycology.org/_cmo/CM75103.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.czechmycology.org/_cmo/CM75103.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33585/CMY.75103" target="_blank" >10.33585/CMY.75103</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mycena laevigata (Fungi, Agaricales) in the heart of Central Europe – a prominent species of old-growth forests

Original language description

The distribution and ecology of Mycena laevigata was evaluated in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We collected data on records from 32 Czech and 32 Slovak localities, mostly from dead wood of spruce, but also fir and rarely pine. Mycena laevigata is a distinctly submontane to supramontane species with its distribution peak in the montane zone and rare occurrence in the subalpine zone. Preferred habitats are supramontane spruce forests, submontane/montane mixed forests (beech, spruce, fir) and submontane beech/fir forests. Several extrazonal habitats are known, namely waterlogged spruce forests, bog forests and ravine forests. Records of M. laevigata clearly dominate in old-growth forests under protection, which are rich in dead wood of spruce and/or fir, while records from managed forests are extremely rare. The species is able to fructify on wood of all decay stages, but most frequently at advanced stages, from May to November, with peaks in June and September. The prevailing occurrence in old-growth forests shows that the species requires not only presence of dead conifer wood in any cold and humid environment, but also some degree of habitat continuity, i.e. minor human impact on the forest ecosystem. The species can therefore be used as a good indicator of habitat preservation. Its taxonomic identity was verified molecularly using the ITS sequence from Czechia. Sequences of Asian samples are somewhat different from the European ones. Its distribution in Europe is summarised and its ecology in other parts of Europe discussed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10612 - Mycology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Czech Mycology

ISSN

1211-0981

e-ISSN

1805-1421

Volume of the periodical

75

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

35-52

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85162157497