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ICELANDIC AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Volume 32, Issue -, Pages 43-60Publisher
RANNSOKNASTOFNUN LANDBUNADARINS
DOI: 10.16886/IAS.2019.05
Keywords
biocrust; biological soil crust; fungal composition; fungal structure; microfungi; Iceland
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Fungal distribution in a liverwort-based biocrust was examined at different depths (0, 5 and 20 mm) by direct counting using both light and fluorescence microscopy. The DNA-based taxonomic composition of fungi was also determined and differences between depths (above and below 5 mm) were assessed. The fungal biomass was greatest at the surface where large hyphae, sporangia and fungi within plants were more abundant than at 5 mm and 20 mm depth. The texture of the biocrust also differed significantly with depth. Likewise, the analysis of microbial DNA composition revealed a difference between depths, both for the amount of total fungi and of each phylum where the total amount of fungi was highest above 5 mm. Ascomycota fungi were dominant both below 5 mm and near the surface where both their amount and proportion were substantially higher than deeper down. The dark septate Exophiala, Phialocephala and Pseudogymnoascus were the most abundant genera.
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