Journal
FUNGAL ECOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 44-52Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.11.003
Keywords
Brown rot; Decay type; Fungi; Log; Pinus densiflora; White rot
Funding
- Fujiwara Natural History Foundation
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant [23780156]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23780156, 26850093] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Dead wood is an important habitat for forest organisms, and wood decay fungi are the principal agents determining the dead wood properties that influence the communities of organisms inhabiting dead wood. In this study, we investigated the effects of wood decomposer fungi on the communities of myxomycetes and bryophytes inhabiting decayed logs. On 196 pine logs, 72 species of fungi, 34 species and seven varieties of myxomycetes, and 16 species of bryophytes were identified. Although white rot was the dominant decay type in sapwood and heartwood, brown and soft rots were also prevalent, particularly in sapwood. Moreover, white rot and soft rot were positively and brown rot negatively correlated with wood pH. Ordination analyses clearly showed a succession of cryptogam species during log decomposition and showed significant correlations of communities with the pH, water content, and decay type of wood. These analyses indicate that fungal wood decomposer activities strongly influence the cryptogam communities on dead wood. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and The British Mycological Society. All rights reserved.
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