First record of Rhizoscyphus ericae in Southern Hemisphere´s Ericaceae

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/17:10337582

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-016-0738-8" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-016-0738-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-016-0738-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00572-016-0738-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

First record of Rhizoscyphus ericae in Southern Hemisphere´s Ericaceae

Original language description

Ericoid mycorrhiza is arguably the least investigated mycorrhizal type, particularly when related to the number of potential hosts and the ecosystems they inhabit. Little is known about the global distribution of ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) fungi, and this holds true even for the prominent ErM mycobiont Rhizoscyphus ericae. Earlier studies suggested R. ericae might be low in abundance or absent in the roots of Southern Hemisphere's Ericaceae, and our previous investigations in two Argentine Patagonian forests supported this view. Here, we revisited the formerly investigated area, albeit at a higher altitude, and screened fungi inhabiting hair roots of Gaultheria caespitosa and Gaultheria pumila at a treeless alpine site using the same methods as previously. We obtained 234 isolates, most of them belonging to Ascomycota. In contrast to previous findings, however, among 37 detected operational taxonomic units (OTUs), OTU 1 comprised the highest number of isolates. Most of the OTUs and isolates belonged to the Helotiales, and 82.5 % of isolates belonged to OTUs shared between both Gaultheria species. At the alpine site, ericoid mycorrhizal fungi dominated, followed by dark septate endophytes and aquatic hyphomycetes probably acting as root endophytes. Our results suggest that the distribution of R. ericae is influenced, among others, by factors related to altitude such as soil type and presence/absence and type of the neighboring vegetation. Our study is the first report on R. ericae colonizing Ericaceae roots in the Southern Hemisphere and extends the known range of this prominent ErM species to NW Patagonia.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Mycorrhiza

ISSN

0940-6360

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

147-163

UT code for WoS article

000392306100006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84992199447