{"title":"Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs","authors":"Michaela Bednaříková , Yngvar Gauslaa , Knut Asbjørn Solhaug","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101224","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is a need for non-invasive monitoring of temporal and spatial variation in hydration and photosynthetic activity of red-listed poikilohydric autotrophs. Here, we simultaneously recorded kinetics in RGB-colors (photos), reflectance spectra, water content, maximal (<em>F</em><sub><em>V</em></sub><em>/F</em><sub><em>M</em></sub>), and effective quantum yield of PSII (<em>Φ</em><sub><em>PSII</em></sub>) during desiccation in foliose lichens differing in cortical characteristics and photobionts. The spectral absorbance peaks of chlorophyll <em>a</em>, phycocyanin, and phycoerythrin were clearly displayed at high hydration levels. Brightness and total RGB colors of the lichens strongly increased during desiccation. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) efficiently estimated hydration level and <em>Φ</em><sub><em>PSII</em></sub> – a proxy for lichen photosynthesis – in all species, including threatened old forest lichens. Color and reflectance indices based on green wavelengths gave good estimates of water content in cephalo- and chlorolichens, but not in cyanolichens with a wider range of photosynthetic pigments. Due to species-specific characteristics, species-wise calibration is essential for non-invasive assessments of lichen functioning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49747173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101212
Laszlo Irinyi , Michael Roper , Richard Malik , Wieland Meyer
{"title":"In silico environmental sampling of emerging fungal pathogens via big data analysis","authors":"Laszlo Irinyi , Michael Roper , Richard Malik , Wieland Meyer","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101212","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Yeast species in the <em>Candida haemulonii</em> complex (<em>C. haemulonii</em>, <em>C. haemulonii</em> var. <em>vulnera</em>, <em>C. duobushaemulonii</em>, <em>C. pseudohaemulonii</em>, and <em>C. vulturna</em>) and closely related species (<em>C. auris</em>, <em>C. heveicola</em>, and <em>C. ruelliae</em>) are of significant public health concern worldwide. Little is known about their natural habitat. To understand the worldwide emergence of new fungal pathogens, it is important to identify key environmental habitats. Showing the effectiveness of the primary fungal DNA barcode and leveraging big data archived in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database enabled the identification of novel reservoirs over a wide range of geographical areas for those yeasts. We identified 1209 datasets corresponding to species in the <em>C. haemulonii</em> complex and three closely related species. Our results imply that climate change is not the main driver for the emergence of pathogenic multidrug-resistant yeast species. This approach opens the door for further big data analysis using the accessible resources of such databases.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49747314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101188
Nicolas Valette , Arnaud Legout , Barry Goodell , Gry Alfredsen , Lucas Auer , Eric Gelhaye , Delphine Derrien
{"title":"Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities","authors":"Nicolas Valette , Arnaud Legout , Barry Goodell , Gry Alfredsen , Lucas Auer , Eric Gelhaye , Delphine Derrien","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In forest ecosystems, fungi are the key actors in wood decay. They have the capability to degrade lignified substrates and the woody biomass of coniferous forests, with brown rot fungi being common colonizers. Brown rots are typically involved in the earliest phase of lignocellulose breakdown, which therefore influences colonization by other microorganisms. However, few studies have focused on the impact of introducing decayed wood into forest environments to gauge successional colonization by natural bacterial and fungal communities following partial decay. This study aimed to address this issue by investigating the bacterial and fungal colonization of Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em>) wood, after intermediate and advanced laboratory-based, pre-decay, by the brown rot fungus <em>Gloeophyllum trabeum</em>. Using Illumina metabarcoding, the <em>in situ</em> colonization of the wood blocks was monitored 70 days after the blocks were placed on the forest floor and covered with litter. We observed significant changes in the bacterial and fungal communities associated with the pre-decayed stage. Further, the wood substrate condition acted as a gatekeeper by reducing richness for both microbial communities and diversity of fungal communities. Our data also suggest that the growth of some fungal and bacterial species was driven by similar environmental conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49742821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions","authors":"Mounira Inas Drais , Luca Rossini , Silvia Turco, Alessio Faluschi, Angelo Mazzaglia","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Monostichella coryli</em> is the causal agent of the hazelnut anthracnose. The increase in the incidence in hazelnut orchards observed during recent years in Central Italy is increasing the need for information and studies on its biology and ecology, and how environmental factors (e.g., temperature) influence its development. For this purpose, seven isolates from different provenances of <em>M. coryli</em> were studied under controlled laboratory conditions with the goal of laying the foundations of a mathematical model describing key aspects of the pathogen's life cycle. The mycelium growth rate was measured at 6 different constant temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 °C) and fixed relative humidity (100% RH), while the germination rate of the conidia was evaluated at 8 different constant temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30 °C). The dataset was subsequently analyzed estimating the parameters of non-linearfunctions which consider the relationship between the mycelium growth rate and the germination of the spores with environmental temperature. The set of parameters provided as the result of this study constitutes a key step forward in the biological knowledge of the species and the basis for future formulations of mathematical models to be used as decision support systems in an integrated pest management framework.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49743190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101196
Isabella Grishkan, Marina Temina
{"title":"Composition and diversity of endolichenic microfungal communities from saxicolous lichens at Nahal Boker, the central Negev Desert, Israel","authors":"Isabella Grishkan, Marina Temina","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101196","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We studied the endolichenic fungal communities from saxicolous lichens occupying the cobbles at Nahal Boker, the central Negev Desert, Israel. Overall, 101 species belonging to 64 genera were isolated from 12 lichen species collected in three seasons from the south-facing slope (SFS) and north-facing slope (NFS) of the wadi. The endolichenic communities possessed a set of traits, which helped them to cope with harsh internal and external conditions. It included a prevalence of melanin-containing fungi with thick-walled and multicellular spores and a comparatively high contribution of thermotolerant species and species with meiospore-producing life cycle stage at the more microclimatically severe SFS. Species richness and isolate density of endolichenic communities was the highest in fruticose lichens with thick and wrinkled thalli, and the lowest in endolithic species possessing thin and smooth thalli. The communities from lichens formed a more diverse group than those from surrounding cobbles probably due to the influence of various species of lichens belonging to different growth forms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49743278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101181
Anete Borodušķe , Juris Ķibilds , Dāvids Fridmanis , Dita Gudrā , Maija Ustinova , Māris Seņkovs , Vizma Nikolajeva
{"title":"Does peptide-nucleic acid (PNA) clamping of host plant DNA benefit ITS1 amplicon-based characterization of the fungal endophyte community?","authors":"Anete Borodušķe , Juris Ķibilds , Dāvids Fridmanis , Dita Gudrā , Maija Ustinova , Māris Seņkovs , Vizma Nikolajeva","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fungal endophyte community amplicon sequencing can lose a significant number of informative reads due to host-plant co-amplification. Blocking of plant-specific sequences with peptide nucleic acid (PNA) clamps has been shown to improve metrics of detected microbial diversity in studies targeting 16S and 18S regions of rRNA genes. However, PNA clamping has not been applied to the plant <em>ITS</em> region of <em>rRNA</em> gene – a widely accepted fungal marker. By applying PNA clamping technique to <em>ITS</em> amplicon sequencing of the endophytic fungal community of elderberry this study shows that PNA clamping significantly reduces host-plant co-amplification with the universal ITS1/ITS4 primer set. However, PNA clamping in combination with the discriminatory ITS1F/ITS2 primer set did not improve the metrics of fungal endophyte community <em>ITS</em> amplicon Illumina sequencing. This study shows that PNA clamping does not add practical benefit to taxonomic profiling of plant-associated fungal communities if the primers are already specific enough to exclude amplification of host DNA.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49763726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)","authors":"Edyta Fiałkowska , Jolanta Górska-Andrzejak , Agnieszka Pajdak-Stós","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101197","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Compared to other groups of fungi, the knowledge of freshwater predacious fungi that feed on trapped rotifers and tardigrades is very limited. They are known to spread and survive under adverse conditions by releasing asexual spores (conidia), but the environmental factors that induce their conidiation are unclear. In this study, we investigated the conidiation of the rotiferovorous fungus <em>Zoophagus insidians</em> isolated from activated sludge and maintained under laboratory conditions in spring water (medium). We found that its conidiation can undergo significant changes in response to various environmental factors, such as medium exchange, presence or absence of prey, lighting conditions, and their combination. Our results revealed a surprisingly high flexibility of this obligate predacious fungus, which being constantly exposed to unpredictable availability of prey in an unstable environment is still able to survive and disperse.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49743209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101180
Sasha Vivelo , Bayan Alsairafi , Jasmine T. Walsh , Jennifer M. Bhatnagar
{"title":"Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession","authors":"Sasha Vivelo , Bayan Alsairafi , Jasmine T. Walsh , Jennifer M. Bhatnagar","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During litter decay, different fungal decomposer genera reach their highest relative abundance at different times. We tested the long-standinghypothesis that this “peak decay stage” of fungi is related to the activity of their fungal extracellular enzymes that break down various plant biopolymers and related as well to the growth rate of fungi. Using 50 decomposer fungal species, spanning a range of peak decay stages, we measured (1) the activity of four polysaccharidases and two oxidases generated by each species, and (2) fungal species’ growth rates. We found that the activity of cellobiohydrolase and growth rate were negatively correlated with peak time point for filamentous fungi; fungi peaking early had greatest cellobiohydrolase activity and fastest growth. No relationships were found between peak decay stage and enzymes or growth for yeasts. These data suggest growth and resource use are important factors shaping succession during decay by the main fungal decomposers, but as-yetuninvestigated traits may explain the remainder of the variation in succession.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49763721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101209
Josiane S. Monteiro , Mateus S. Almeida , Priscila S. Medeiros-Sarmento , Cecílio F. Caldeira , Silvio J. Ramos , Guilherme Oliveira , Rafael B.S. Valadares , Markus Gastauer
{"title":"DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations","authors":"Josiane S. Monteiro , Mateus S. Almeida , Priscila S. Medeiros-Sarmento , Cecílio F. Caldeira , Silvio J. Ramos , Guilherme Oliveira , Rafael B.S. Valadares , Markus Gastauer","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101209","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fungi execute many ecosystem functions and are thus expected to contribute substantially to ecosystem stability along environmental gradients. Here, we aimed to describe the fungal communities along a vegetation gradient found in Amazonian <em>cangas</em> using ITS2 metabarcoding. Rupestrian <em>canga</em> vegetation covers ironstone outcrops from the Carajás National Forest and the Campos Ferruginosos National Park of the Eastern Amazon. We detected 3574 operational taxonomic unit sequences dominated by the phyla <em>Ascomycota</em>, <em>Basidiomycota</em>, and <em>Glomeromycota</em>. The taxonomic and functional groups differed among periodically inundated grasslands (GR), typical scrublands (SB), <em>Vellozia</em> scrublands (VL), and woodlands (WD). Saprotrophic fungi were the most abundant, occurring primarily in WD, while stress-tolerant lineages and functional groups were dominant in environments with less soil. Our results provide new insights into the fungal ecology on ironstone outcrops and shed light on the importance of these organisms in enabling growth of vegetation cover, promoting species coexistence and increasing degrees of plant diversity in these harsh environments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49743140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101199
Tuulia Mali , Karoliina Laine , Leena Hamberg , Taina Lundell
{"title":"Metabolic activities and ultrastructure imaging at late-stage of wood decomposition in interactive brown rot - white rot fungal combinations","authors":"Tuulia Mali , Karoliina Laine , Leena Hamberg , Taina Lundell","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2022.101199","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Basidiomycota brown rot fungus (<em>Fomitopsis pinicola</em>) and two white rot fungi (<em>Phlebia radiata</em>, <em>Trichaptum abietinum</em>) were cultivated on thin slices of spruce wood individually and in interspecies combinations. Within 12 months, <em>F. pinicola</em> substantially decomposed spruce wood observed as mass loss, also in three-species combinations. However, white rot fungi through hyphal interactions negatively affected the brown-rot indicative iron reduction capacity of <em>F. pinicola</em>. Decay-signature gene expression in mycelial interaction zones indicated suppression of brown rot mechanism but stimulation of enzymatic white-rot lignin attack by <em>P. radiata</em>. Wood ultrastructure imaging showed white-rot dominance in the fungal combinations, whereas destructive brown-rot was evident with <em>F. pinicola</em> alone. Our results confirm the dynamic pattern of enzyme production in fungal combinations, and transition from brown to white rot decomposition metabolism during the late stage of wood decay after one year of interspecific interactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49743214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}