Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2025-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101408
Olga A. Grum-Grzhimaylo , Ekaterina N. Bubnova , Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo , Alfons J.M. Debets , Duur K. Aanen
{"title":"Occurrence of Psychrophilomyces antarcticus in the Arctic","authors":"Olga A. Grum-Grzhimaylo , Ekaterina N. Bubnova , Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo , Alfons J.M. Debets , Duur K. Aanen","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The fungus <em>Psychrophilomyces antarcticus</em> M.M. Wang & Xing Z. Liu, previously known only from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Antarctica, was isolated in the Arctic from sediments on the littoral of the Kara Sea (Shokalsky Island) and represented by strains VKM F-5025/CBS 151455 and VKM F-5026/CBS 151456. The macro- and micro-morphology of the isolate was studied together with partial sequences of the DNA regions ITS, LSU, TEF1, and β-TUB, as well as the optimal values for temperature, pH and salinity. Slight differences between our two isolates and previously known strains of <em>P. antarcticus</em> were found in morphology (colony color and shape, size of phialides and spores) and physiological traits (optimal growth temperature, range of acceptable temperature and pH values for growth, colony odor, and degree of mucosity under extreme conditions). However, the high similarity in the sequenced conservative DNA sequences from 100 to 97% indicates that these slight morphological and physiological variations of the studied strains of <em>P. antarcticus</em> are intraspecific variation. Our study demonstrates that <em>P. antarcticus</em> is a cold-adapted poly-extreme tolerant species that can occur and function in extremely cold areas, such as high alpine, Antarctic, and Arctic regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101408"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143179014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101406
Lior Herol , Tamir Klein , Stav Livne-Luzon , Hagai Shemesh
{"title":"Pine seedlings select a consistent ectomycorrhizal community regardless of water availability and inoculum origin","authors":"Lior Herol , Tamir Klein , Stav Livne-Luzon , Hagai Shemesh","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The effect of water stress on mutualistic interactions can play a key role in forest response to drought. We tested the effects of water availability on the mutualism between Aleppo pine seedlings and ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) originating from soil spore banks of pine forests along a steep climatic gradient. The composition of the EMF communities in the soil varied along the climatic gradient, whereas the communities on pine seedlings' roots which were inoculated with these soil spore banks remained largely consistent. Water stress reduced seedling growth, which was influenced by EMF presence and not by inoculum origin. These results suggest that even under water shortage, pine seedlings maintain similar partnerships despite variable EMF availability. This raises important questions regarding the role of EMF richness at different stages of tree growth and at different ecological scales and improves our understanding of forest regeneration dynamics under extreme climatic conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143179013","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 : 2024-12-22DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101407
Stefanie Lutz , Vladimir Mikryukov , Maëva Labouyrie , Mohammad Bahram , Arwyn Jones , Panos Panagos , Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo , Fernando T. Maestre , Alberto Orgiazzi , Leho Tedersoo , Marcel G.A. van der Heijden
{"title":"Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi","authors":"Stefanie Lutz , Vladimir Mikryukov , Maëva Labouyrie , Mohammad Bahram , Arwyn Jones , Panos Panagos , Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo , Fernando T. Maestre , Alberto Orgiazzi , Leho Tedersoo , Marcel G.A. van der Heijden","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101407","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101407","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form mutualistic associations with most land plants and are of pivotal importance for plant growth and nutrition. AM fungi include both the well-known phylum Glomeromycota (G-AMF) and the recently established clade of Endogonomycete fine root endophytes within the phylum Mucoromycota, often viewed as putative AMF (E-AMF). Yet, the global richness of these fungal groups, in particular of E-AMF, is poorly understood. To provide comprehensive global species of G-AMF and E-AMF, we analysed long-read sequencing data of the full-length ITS marker from 4,733 sampling sites across all continents and biomes. Our study provides the first combined estimate of global G-AMF and putative E-AMF richness, far exceeding the numbers and taxa reported so far. Specifically, we detected 8,517 OTUs of G-AMF, surpassing previous AMF richness estimates by a factor of five to fifteen. In addition, we identified 600 OTUs for putative E-AMF, providing the first global estimate for this group.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101407"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143179012","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 : 2024-11-30DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101398
Megan Korne , Janette L. Jacobs , Sophie Gabrysiak , Martin I. Chilvers , Gregory Bonito
{"title":"Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria","authors":"Megan Korne , Janette L. Jacobs , Sophie Gabrysiak , Martin I. Chilvers , Gregory Bonito","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101398","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101398","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mortierellaceae are ecologically and economically important fungi implicated in soil health. However, the diversity and frequency of Mortierellaceae and their endobacteria in crop root systems is unclear. Roots of winter wheat were sampled using a randomized complete block design. Mortierellaceae were isolated, identified using ITS-LSU phylogenetic analysis, and 16S rDNA was screened for <em>Burkholderia</em>-related endobacteria (BRE) and Mollicutes-related endobacteria (MRE). A total of 102 root-associated Mortierellaceae were isolated from 217 wheat root samples. <em>Linnemannia</em> comprised 89% of isolates. BRE were detected in 12 isolates, while MRE were detected in only one isolate. Mortierellaceae frequency varied by cultivar and a weak trend towards cultivar specificity was observed. Together, these findings advance our understanding of BRE and MRE prevalence in fungi in agricultural soils. Further studies will be needed to determine how plant hosts recruit Mortierellaceae partners and factors that drive plant-Mortierellaceae interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747714","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 : 2024-11-27DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101397
Mikaeylah J. Davidson, Tiffany A. Kosch, Amy Aquilina, Rebecca J. Webb, Lee F. Skerratt, Lee Berger
{"title":"Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian","authors":"Mikaeylah J. Davidson, Tiffany A. Kosch, Amy Aquilina, Rebecca J. Webb, Lee F. Skerratt, Lee Berger","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101397","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101397","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The amphibian chytrid fungus (<em>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</em> (<em>Bd</em>)) is a continuing threat globally, causing widespread declines. Corroboree frogs (<em>Pseudophryne corroboree</em>) are critically endangered and no longer have self-sustaining populations in the wild due to the presence of <em>Bd</em> in the environment. We aimed to investigate variation in susceptibility to <em>Bd</em> in juvenile <em>P. corroboree</em> and evaluate the impact of <em>Bd</em> isolate and dose on infection outcomes. We experimentally exposed juvenile <em>P. corroboree</em> to two <em>Bd</em> isolates at five doses, and also characterised the <em>in vitro</em> growth of these isolates. Frogs showed high susceptibility to <em>Bd</em>, with isolate and dose impacting survival time and infection loads. Additionally, differences in the <em>in vitro</em> phenotype of the two <em>Bd</em> isolates were linked to their differential virulence. This study highlights the considerable impact that fungal isolate and dose have in shaping disease outcomes in experimental exposures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101397"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142723729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101396
Jonathan A. Cale , Ezra Culberson , Amity Dixon-Traer , Beatriz de Camargo Faria
{"title":"Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction","authors":"Jonathan A. Cale , Ezra Culberson , Amity Dixon-Traer , Beatriz de Camargo Faria","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101396","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101396","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bark beetle-vectored phytopathogenic fungi can play critical roles in how beetle outbreaks affect the health of forest trees. However, trees can defend themselves against fungal infection. How <em>Grosmannia abietina</em>, a symbiotic fungus of spruce beetle (<em>Dendroctonus rufipennis</em>), affects the health of mature hybrid white spruce (<em>Picea engelmannii</em> x <em>glauca</em>) and is in turn affected by the tree's defenses are unknown. We conducted field inoculations of this spruce to study the degree of pathogenicity of <em>G. abietina</em>, characterized the trees' resulting defensive monoterpene responses, and assessed monoterpene effects on fungal growth and reproduction in laboratory bioassays. Our results indicated that <em>G. abietina</em> is phytopathogenic to hybrid white spruce, which induced monoterpenes in response to infection. Dominant induced monoterpenes generally inhibited fungal growth but stimulated spore production. These findings provide insights into the bidirectional effects between spruce beetle-vectored fungi and host trees, highlighting the complex role of monoterpenes in modulating fungal activities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fungal EcologyPub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101388
Claudia Bashian-Victoroff , Ruth D. Yanai , Thomas R. Horton , Louis J. Lamit
{"title":"Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest","authors":"Claudia Bashian-Victoroff , Ruth D. Yanai , Thomas R. Horton , Louis J. Lamit","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The functioning of mycorrhizal symbioses is tied to soil nutrient status, suggesting that nutrient availability should influence the reproduction of mycorrhizal fungi. To quantify the effects of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability on ectomycorrhizal fungal fruiting, we collected >4000 epigeous sporocarps representing 19 families during the course of a season in a full factorial NxP addition experiment in six replicate forest stands. Nutrient effects on fruiting shifted as the season progressed, with early fruiting species responding more to P and late-fruiting species responding more to N. The composition of species fruiting in young successional forests differed more with nutrient addition than in mature forests. Sporocarp abundance and species richness were suppressed by N addition. This work shows that N and P availability affect ectomycorrhizal fungal fruiting, with these effects taking place within a context defined by stand age and the progression of fruiting across the season.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425464","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 : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101386
Ai-Ling Yang , Yi-Shan Chen , Liang Mei , Jing Guo , Han-Bo Zhang
{"title":"Disease risk of the foliar endophyte Colletotrichum from invasive Ageratina adenophora to native plants and crops","authors":"Ai-Ling Yang , Yi-Shan Chen , Liang Mei , Jing Guo , Han-Bo Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101386","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101386","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The disease risk driven by foliar fungi asymptomatically infecting invasive plants has rarely been determined. In this study, we selected 44 foliar <em>Colletotrichum</em> endophytes isolated from the invasive plant <em>Ageratina adenophora</em> that are phylogenetically closely related to the <em>C. gloeosporioides</em> complex, <em>C. boninense</em> complex, <em>C. orchidearum</em> complex, and <em>C. acutatum</em> complex and evaluated their potential virulence and ability to transmit spores to native plants and cash crops both <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em>. We verified that some foliar endophyte <em>Colletotrichum</em> strains adversely affect the leaf and seed germination of native plants and cash crops. Some strains reduce the growth and yield of tomato (SL) (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em>) and pepper (CA) (<em>Capsicum annuum</em>) plants and even cause the death of strawberry (FA) plants (<em>Fragaria ananassa</em>). Moreover, we confirmed that <em>A. adenophora</em> leaves could horizontally transmit <em>Colletotrichum</em> to surrounding crop plants <em>in vivo</em>. Therefore, a high abundance of <em>Colletotrichum</em> asymptomatically associated with <em>A. adenophora</em> leaves might increase disease risk in surrounding native plants and cash crops. Our results provide a new perspective for regional ecological risk assessment of invasive plants and prevention of economic plant diseases in the invaded range.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101386"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328198","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 : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101385
G. Attrill , L. Boddy , E. Dudley , B. Greenfield , D.C. Eastwood
{"title":"Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil","authors":"G. Attrill , L. Boddy , E. Dudley , B. Greenfield , D.C. Eastwood","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101385","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101385","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The decomposition of large woody material is an important process in forest carbon cycling and nutrient release. Cord-forming saprotrophic basidiomycete fungi create non-resource limited mycelial networks between decomposing branches, logs and tree stumps on the forest floor where colonisation of new resources is often associated with the replacement of incumbent decay communities. To date, antagonism experiments have mostly placed competing fungi in direct contact, while in nature cord-forming saprobes encounter colonised wood as mycelia in a network. Transcriptomic and peptide analyses were conducted on soil-based microcosms were foraging cord-forming <em>Hypholoma fasciculare</em> encountered a wood block colonised by <em>Trametes versicolor</em>. Protein turnover featured strongly for both species and genes putatively involved in secondary metabolite production were identified. <em>H. fasciculare</em> demonstrated an exploitative profile with increased transcription of genes associated with carbohydrate metabolism and RNA and ribosome processing. <em>T. versicolor</em> showed a shift in signalling, energy generation and amino acid metabolism. By identifying genes and proteins putatively involved in this fungal interaction, this work may help guide the discovery of bioactive molecules and mechanisms underpinning community succession.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101385"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial resource arrangement influences both network structures and activity of fungal mycelia: A form of pattern recognition?","authors":"Yu Fukasawa , Kosuke Hamano , Koji Kaga , Daisuke Akai , Takayuki Takehi","doi":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101387","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101387","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study investigated the behavior and wood decay ability of mycelial network of <em>Phanerochaete velutina</em>, a cord-forming fungus, on multiple wood blocks. We placed well-colonized wood blocks in two spatial arrangements (Circle and Cross) on a soil plate and compared the development of the mycelial network and wood decay over 116 days. In the Circle arrangement, the degree of connection (number of connected cords) of the blocks ranged from 0 to 8, with no significant differences observed across positions. However, in the Cross arrangement, the outer blocks exhibited a greater degree of connection than the inner blocks. The mass loss of the wood block was positively associated with the degree of connection and was significantly smaller in the Cross than in the Circle arrangement. These findings suggest that fungal mycelium can “recognize” the difference in the spatial arrangement of wood blocks as part of their wood decay activity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55136,"journal":{"name":"Fungal Ecology","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101387"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1754504824000588/pdfft?md5=08525855ab040106b04e401f0b5bee62&pid=1-s2.0-S1754504824000588-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142172094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}