Eeva Terhonen 
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Teresa Marco,
Hui Sun,
Risto Jalkanen,
Risto Kasanen,
Martti Vuorinen,
Fred Asiegbu
The effect of latitude, season and needle-age on the mycota of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Finland
Terhonen E., Marco T., Sun H., Jalkanen R., Kasanen R., Vuorinen M., Asiegbu F. (2011). The effect of latitude, season and needle-age on the mycota of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Finland. Silva Fennica vol. 45 no. 3 article id 104. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.104
Abstract
The seasonal and latitudinal influences on the diversity and abundance of mycota of Pinus sylvestris needles were investigated. A sample of 1620 needles resulted in a total of 3868 fungal isolates, which were assigned to 68 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). The majority of these OTUs (65%) belong to Ascomycota and only 0.03% was grouped as Basidiomycota. The dominant and most frequently isolated OTU was Hormonema dematioides. Other well-known species with a saprotrophic nutritional mode such as Lophodermium spp. were also observed. The abundance of fungi increased from fall to spring. Frequencies varied significantly in Northern and Southern Finland suggesting that factors associated with latitudinal differences have an impact on the abundance of fungi.
Keywords
Pinus sylvestris;
needles;
harsh environment;
mycota;
needle age;
cryptic lifecycle;
Hormonema dematioides
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Terhonen,
University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
E-mail
et@nn.fi
- Marco, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland E-mail tm@nn.fi
- Sun, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland E-mail hs@nn.fi
- Jalkanen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi Research Unit, Rovaniemi, Finland E-mail rj@nn.fi
- Kasanen, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland E-mail rk@nn.fi
- Vuorinen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Suonenjoki Research Unit, Suonenjoki, Finland E-mail mv@nn.fi
- Asiegbu, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland E-mail fa@nn.fi
Received 15 October 2010 Accepted 6 July 2011 Published 31 December 2011
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