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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 40, Issue 12, Pages 2384-2397Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/X10-176
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- Academy of Finland [121630]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [121630, 121630] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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We investigated the fungal communities inhabiting decaying logs in a seminatural boreal forest stand in relation to host tree species, stage of decay, density, diameter, moisture, C to N ratio, Klason lignin content, and water- and ethanol-soluble extractives. Communities were profiled using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting of the rDNA ITS1 region coupled with sequencing of fungal DNA extracted directly from the wood. In addition, polypore fruit bodies were inventoried. Logs from different tree species had different fungal communities and different physicochemical properties (e.g., C to N ratio, density, ethanol extractives, and diameter). Ascomycetes comprised a larger portion of communities inhabiting deciduous birch (Betula spp.) and European aspen (Populus tremula L.) logs compared with those living on coniferous Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). A relationship between mycelial community structure and density of decaying spruce logs suggested a succession of fungi with mass loss of wood. The fruit body inventory underestimated fungal diversity in comparison with the culture-free denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis that also detected inconspicuous but important species inhabiting decaying wood.
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