Results 21 to 30 of about 1,285 (199)
Impact of Phytophthora agathidicida infection on canopy and forest floor plant nutrient concentrations and fluxes in a kauri-dominated forest. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 First study on nutrient fluxes in a Phytophthora agathidicida‐infected forest. Canopy and forest floor nutrient fluxes decreased with increasing P. agathidicida infection. Decline in plant nutrient supply may increase susceptibility to future pathogen infection.
Schwendenmann L, Michalzik B.
europepmc +2 more sources
Unravelling the diversity of the lichen genus Porina (Porinaceae) in Mauritius [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background and aims – Despite the publication of a recent checklist for Mauritius, a small archipelago in the south-western Indian Ocean, our knowledge of the lichen flora of this region remains incomplete.
Damien Ertz, Paul Diederich
doaj +3 more sources
Journal of Fungi, 2021 The genera Menisporopsis, Multiguttulispora and Tainosphaeria (Chaetosphaeriaceae) are saprobes inhabiting decaying plant material. This study is based on an integrated morpho-molecular characterisation to assess their generic concepts and explore ...
Martina Réblová +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Foliicolous microfungi occurring on Encephalartos [PDF]
Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 2008 Species of Encephalartos, commonly known as bread trees, bread palms or cycads are native to Africa; the genus encompasses more than 60 species and represents an important component of the indigenous African flora. Recently, a leaf blight disease was noted on several E.
Crous, P.W. (Pedro Willem) +3 more
openaire +4 more sources
Lichen ecophysiology in a changing climate
American Journal of Botany, Volume 110, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Lichens are one of the most iconic and ubiquitous symbioses known, widely valued as indicators of environmental quality and, more recently, climate change. Our understanding of lichen responses to climate has greatly expanded in recent decades, but some biases and constraints have shaped our present knowledge. In this review we focus on lichen
Daniel E. Stanton +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Most lichens are rare, and degree of rarity is mediated by lichen traits and biotic partners
Diversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 9, Page 1810-1819, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Aim Understanding ecological distributions of global biodiversity is stymied by incomplete knowledge of drivers of species rarity. These include trade‐offs among life‐history traits that impact dispersability, competition, reproductive output and speciation and extinction.
Erin A. Manzitto‐Tripp +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2022., 2022 Abstract We propose that a qualitative trait approach based on more detailed nuanced traits may reveal previously overlooked patterns, especially when combined with phylogenetic perspectives. By sampling epiphytic lichens and using a functional approach based on nuanced qualitative traits, such as a much greater resolution over photobiont identity ...
Natália M. Koch +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Chemical properties of key metabolites determine the global distribution of lichens
Ecology Letters, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 416-426, February 2022., 2022 In lichen symbioses, secondary metabolites produced by the lichen fungi (mycobionts) provide UV protection on which trebouxioid green algae as the most prominent photobionts sensitively depend. These metabolites differ in their UV absorbance capability and solvability and therefore vary in their propensity of being leached from the lichen body by high ...
Andreas H. Schweiger +6 more
wiley +1 more source
A new species of Mazosia (lichenised Ascomycetes : Roccellaceae ) from Tasmania
Plant and Fungal Systematics, 2020 Two species of Mazosia occur in Tasmania: the foliicolous, pantropical M. phyllosema and M. corticola , here described as new to science. The new species is characterised by a corticolous thallus containing psoromic acid and three-septate ascospores,
Gintaras Kantvilas
doaj +1 more source
Journal of Ecology, Volume 109, Issue 5, Page 2068-2080, May 2021., 2021 Here, we show that host tree species harbour different foliar fungal pathogens, which sum up to the highest fungal pathogen richness in more diverse forest stands. At the same time, the foliar fungal pathogen infestation rate for each tree species decreased with increasing tree richness in forests.
Gemma Rutten +8 more
wiley +1 more source