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Basidiocarp
About: Basidiocarp is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 359 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4579 citations. The topic is also known as: basidiome & basidioma.
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TL;DR: The results suggest that spore propagation plays a much more important role in the life history of the Russulaceae in undisturbed forest settings than previously recognized.
Abstract: We determined the size of genets of late-stage ectomycorrhizal fungi in field sites in coastal Northern California. Basidiocarps were collected, mapped and subjected to genetic fingerprinting using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs). The minimum size estimates for the largest genets of Amanita francheti, Lactarius xanthogalactus and Russula cremoricolor were 1.5, 9.3 and 1.1 m2, respectively. The molecular markers also showed that R. cremoricolor is dimorphic, with red- and white-capped morphotypes of this species forming a continuous population. Our results suggest that spore propagation plays a much more important role in the life history of the Russulaceae in undisturbed forest settings than previously recognized. Fungi appearing late in the succession sequence and systems without obvious disturbance therefore do not necessarily colonize primarily by mycelium.
180 citations
TL;DR: Sexual reproduction through meiospore dispersal seems to play a key role in the structuring of the populations of H. cylindrosporum, a frequently found pioneer ectomycorrhizal species naturally associated with Pinus pinaster trees growing in coastal sand dune ecosystems along the Atlantic south‐west coast of France.
Abstract: The basidiomycete mushroom Hebeloma cylindrosporum is a frequently found pioneer ectomycorrhizal species naturally associated with Pinus pinaster trees growing in coastal sand dune ecosystems along the Atlantic south-west coast of France. The genotypic diversity and spatial structure of three populations of this fungal species have been studied. At each site the basidiocarps were mapped, sampled and propagated as pure mycelial cultures. For each of the isolates, we have studied polymorphisms in the mitochondrial genome, polymorphisms at two different nuclear loci and also fingerprints produced with a multicopy DNA probe. The comparison of the different polymorphisms obtained, with each of the four molecular methods used, allowed the identification of several of the different genets present in each site. In two of the studied sites most of the basidiocarps, which often occurred as dense patches of 10–30 in 1 m2 or less, were of a unique genotype, suggesting the below-ground mycelia to be of a small size (from 50 cm2 to approx. 7 m2 for the larger mycelia) and that the root system of a single Pinus tree can host several genets of the same symbiotic fungus. In the two sites, which were studied again after a 3-year interval, none of the genotypes identified in the first year of sampling was re-identified 3 years later. These results contrast with those reported for other species of soilborne homobasidiomycete species, either ectomycorrhizal, parasitic or saprophytic, showing mostly large clones resulting from the vegetative growth and from persistence of below-ground mycelia. Sexual reproduction through meiospore dispersal seems to play a key role in the structuring of the populations of H. cylindrosporum. Mycelia associated with the root systems seem to be replaced after 1 or a few years, during which basidiocarp differentiation takes place. As opposed to the few other studied ectomycorrhizal species, H. cylindrosporum has the characteristics of ruderal species, with a short life-span adapted to pioneer situations, e.g. to nutrient-poor and unstable sandy soils of coastal sand dunes.
130 citations
TL;DR: Locations of epigeous basidiocarps of five common ectomycorrhizal fungi with substantial spore deposits beneath them and of two hypogeous species were marked in the fall.
Abstract: Locations of epigeous basidiocarps of five common ectomycorrhizal fungi with substantial spore deposits beneath them and of two hypogeous species were marked in the fall. Subsamples of the litter a...
118 citations
TL;DR: Basidiocarps of 39 epigeous species of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi were found in three fertilized Pinus taeda plantation s during 1972 and 1973.
Abstract: Basidiocarps of 39 epigeous species of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi were found in three fertilized Pinus taeda plantation s during 1972 and 1973. The largest numbers of basidiocarps on all three plantations were found on nonfertilized plots or plots fertilized with P only. Fewest basidiocarps were found on plots fertilized with N. Numbers of basidiocarps of Suillus hirtellus were decreased by N fertilization. Numbers of basidiocarps of some other potential mycorrhizal fungi were not altered substantially by fertilization treatments. The average numbers of total living mycorrhizal tips were correlated well with average numbers of epigeous basidiocarps of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi on fertilized plots. However, if mycorrhizal tips formed by Cenococcum geophilum, which do not form visible basidiocarps, were ignored, the remaining mycorrhizal tips were not well correlated with numbers of basidiocarps of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi.
90 citations
TL;DR: The results demonstrate the importance of taxonomy for commercial use of fungi and show that an ethanol extract of ground basidiocarps from G. lucidum (M9720) contains much less triterpenic acids than found in the extract of G. lingzhi (M 9724) and of its ethanol extract.
87 citations
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| 2022 | 154 |
| 2021 | 19 |