滇西北亚高山云杉和冷杉光合作用的初步研究

本文研究了云南中甸地区亚高山暗针叶林的优势树种油麦吊云杉(Picea brachytyla var. complanata)和长苞冷杉(Abies georgei)幼树(20年生)的光合特征、光合速率的变化规律及其与环境主要生态因子的关系。结果表明两种杉树光合作用的光饱和点均较低,且长苞冷杉较油麦吊云杉更喜阴,它的光合速率(3.24CO_2mgg~(-1)DWh~(-1))也比云杉的低(3.74CO_2mgg~(-1)DWh~(-1))。在试验海拔3300m地段上,云、冷杉的光合作用都存在日中压制现象,采伐迹地上的幼苗尤为突出;受温度和蒸发量的影响在一年中以7月份光合速率最高。两树种的光合速率都是随着海拔的升高而降低。森林被大面积皆伐后,迹地上云、冷杉幼树的光合速率明显下降,其中以长苞冷杉的降低幅度最大。     

净月潭国家森林公园针叶林根系共生真菌初步调查

采用菌根形态学及分子生物学手段对采自净月潭国家森林公园的红松Pinus koraiensis、落叶松Larix gmelinii和云杉Picea asperata根系共生真菌进行了初步调查。结果表明:外生菌根形态依据不同树种表现不同,红松外生菌根主要表现为淡黄色到褐色,不分支、偶有珊瑚状分支,外延菌丝丰富或浓密;云杉菌根颜色基本为淡黄色到黄色,末端膨大或等粗,表现为弯曲状或蜿蜒状,不分支或不规则分支、偶有羽状分支,外延菌丝少;落叶松菌根淡黄色到黄色,偶有红褐色,不分支、羽状分支或不规则分支,外延菌丝浓密,也有表现外延菌丝少量。共鉴定获得共生真菌9科9属,其中红松根系外生菌根真菌2种:美洲乳牛肝菌Suillus americanus和外生菌根真菌未定种1,内生真菌3种:Phialocephala fortinii,Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum和Phialocephala helvetica;云杉根系外生菌根真菌5种:臭红菇Russula foetens、外生菌根真菌未定种2和外生菌根真菌未定种3,Tomentella sp.1和Tomentella sp.2;落叶松根系外生菌根真菌4种:平凹盘菌Peziza depressa、拟篦边红菇Russula pectinatoides、外生菌根真菌未定种4和外生菌根真菌未定种5。该研究结果丰富了针叶树根系共生真菌的多样性,可为进一步开展菌根形态解剖学以及菌根生态学等研究提供依据。     

内蒙古地区5种棉革菌外生菌根形态描述和分子鉴定

本研究在内蒙古阿拉善和赤峰地区的青海云杉、白桦、油松、蒙古栎和沙地云杉这5个树种的林下采集菌根样品,分离得到5种棕色外生菌根形态型。从形态和解剖结构特征来看,这5种形态型都具有Tomentella外生菌根的形态特征。r DNA ITS区段系统发育分析表明,这5种形态型都是Tomentella真菌形成的外生菌根,其中4种形态型分别鉴定为:Tomentella ellisii、T.fuscocinerea、T.bryophila和T.stuposa。研究结果增加了对内蒙古自治区Tomentella多样性的认识。     

普达措国家公园四种针叶树径向生长对气候因子的响应

运用树木年代学的原理和方法,对普达措国家公园大果红杉、长苞冷杉、高山松和麦吊云杉4个优势针叶树种的年轮宽度进行测量,建立年轮宽度差值年表。分析年表与香格里拉气象站的日、月气候数据的相关性,研究4个优势针叶树种的径向生长对气候因子的响应。结果表明: 大果红杉的年生长速率最高,长苞冷杉的年生长速率最低;4种针叶树径向生长对气候因子的响应存在物种特异性,大果红杉与气候因子的相关性最强,麦吊云杉的径向生长对气候因子的响应不敏感;长苞冷杉树轮宽度年表与上年冬季(11、12月)和当年夏季(7月)的平均温度呈显著正相关;大果红杉树轮宽度年表与生长季早期(6月)温度呈显著正相关,与同期降水量和相对湿度呈显著负相关;而高山松树轮宽度年表与生长季早期(5月)的降水量和相对湿度呈显著正相关,与同期最高温度呈显著负相关,表明高山松的径向生长主要受生长季早期水分可利用性的影响。     

川西亚高山岷江冷杉外生菌根形态随海拔梯度的分化

外生菌根真菌是一类有助于植物生长及应对环境变化的重要共生真菌类群。深入认识外生菌根特征有助于理解植物对环境变化的响应规律。本研究在四川省卧龙自然保护区巴郎山脉设置海拔2850、3000、3194、3413和3593 m 5个样地,利用中心象限法进行土块样品(10 cm×10 cm×10 cm)采集,通过分析各海拔每土块中岷江冷杉外生菌根形态个数、形态多样性及养分获取类型等指标,研究岷江冷杉外生菌根形态特性随海拔的变异特征及土壤环境因子的作用。结果表明: 1) 菌根形态为橘黄色或橘色、单轴羽状分支或不分支、菌套表面光滑、无或少见外延物、根尖直筒型或膨大的菌根类型是卧龙自然保护区岷江冷杉外生菌根的主要形态类型。该形态类型在研究区内的侵染率最高,为12.4%;2) 随着海拔的升高,岷江冷杉外生菌根形态多样性下降,每土块内的形态个数减少;3) 单因素方差分析结果表明,不同海拔上无外延菌丝或极少外延菌丝的紧密接触类型(CE)和短距离养分获取类型(SDE)外生菌根侵染率有显著差异,CE类型外生菌根侵染率随着海拔的升高而增加;4) 土壤环境因子对岷江冷杉外生菌根形态在海拔上的变异有一定的影响,冗余分析(RDA)表明,土壤全氮含量、全磷含量、土壤温度、土壤含水率、pH值及酸性磷酸酶活性对岷江冷杉外生菌根形态在海拔上的变异有显著影响,其中土壤全氮含量和土壤温度的影响最大,分别解释了岷江冷杉形态特征变异的5.4%和4.9%。本研究揭示了岷江冷杉外生菌根形态形成在海拔上的差异,为进一步研究亚高山针叶树种菌根策略对环境变化的响应机制提供了科学依据。     

普达措国家公园2个针叶树种径向生长对温度和降水的响应

基于树轮年代学方法,利用普达措国家公园海拔上、下限丽江云杉(Picea likiangensis)和长苞冷杉(Abies georgei)树轮宽度资料,构建差值年表并分析其与温度和降水的关系,阐明影响该区域2个主要针叶树种径向生长的主要气候要素。结果表明:(1)海拔下限丽江云杉径向生长同时受到温度和降水的影响:与上年11月平均温、当年生长季后期(9—10月)平均温和上年7月降水呈显著正相关;(2)海拔上限丽江云杉径向生长只受温度影响,与上年生长季后期平均温呈显著负相关,与当年生长季盛期(6—8月)平均温呈显著正相关;(3)长苞冷杉径向生长只与温度表现出显著相关性,海拔下限的生长与上年11月平均温呈显著正相关,海拔上限的生长与当年生长季盛期平均温呈显著正相关。结果可为气候变化对滇西北高原树木生长影响研究提供参考,为滇西北高原森林生态系统管理与保护提供理论依据。     

连续三年夜间增温和施氮对云杉外生菌根及菌根真菌多样性的影响

以西南亚高山针叶林建群种粗枝云杉(Picea asperata)为研究对象,采用红外加热模拟增温结合外施氮肥(NH₄NO₃ 25 g N m^-2 a^-1)的方法,研究连续3a夜间增温和施肥对云杉幼苗外生菌根侵染率、土壤外生菌根真菌生物量及其群落多样性的影响。结果表明:夜间增温对云杉外生菌根侵染率的影响具有季节性及根级差异。夜间增温对春季(2011年5月)云杉1级根,夏季(2011年7月)和秋季(2010年10月)云杉2级根侵染率影响显著。除2011年7月1级根外,施氮对云杉1、2级根侵染率无显著影响。夜间增温对土壤中外生菌根真菌的生物量和群落多样性无显著影响,施氮及增温与施氮联合处理使土壤中外生菌根真菌生物量显著降低,但却提高了外生菌根真菌群落的多样性。这说明云杉幼苗外生菌根侵染率对温度较敏感,土壤外生菌根真菌生物量及其群落多样性对施氮较敏感。这为进一步研究该区域亚高山针叶林地下过程对全球气候变化的响应机制提供了科学依据。     

甘南地区紫果云杉、岷江冷杉生命表

本文以径级(胸径间隔)为基础,编制甘南地区紫果云杉、岷江冷杉生命表。 一、研究方法 本项研究于1986和1987年,在甘肃省南部云、冷杉林主要分布地带的白龙江林区和洮河林区进行。选择原始状态下的紫果云杉(Picea purpurea Mast.)、岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana Rehd.et Wils)林,海拔3000米至3600米之间,位于白龙江中上游;同时选取择伐后的云杉(Picae asperata Mast.)、岷江冷杉林     

常绿阔叶林外生和丛枝菌根树种细根形态和构型性状对氮添加的可塑性响应

以中亚热带常绿阔叶林外生菌根树种罗浮栲和丛枝菌根树种木荷为研究对象,采用根袋法进行野外原位氮添加试验,研究了细根形态性状(比根长、比表面积、组织密度、平均根直径)和构型性状(分枝数、分枝比、根长增长速率、根尖密度、分枝密度),分析不同菌根树种细根形态和构型性状对氮沉降的响应。结果表明: 随序级增加,外生和丛枝菌根树种细根比根长、比表面积和分枝数对氮添加的塑性响应逐渐降低,组织密度则相反;这反映了不同分枝等级细根的养分获取与资源维持在序级间存在权衡关系。不同菌根树种对土壤氮有效性的变化采取不同的适应对策: 氮添加后,罗浮栲细根采取机会主义策略,依靠细根本身来提高养分吸收效率、增强空间扩展和就地养分吸收能力,以快速的养分吸收策略为主;而木荷通过养分吸收效率和根系构建成本之间的权衡,并未改变细根形态性状,更多地依赖于菌根菌和细根构型之间的互补性进行养分获取。外生和丛枝菌根树种维持和构建细根碳(C)成本的差异,导致细根采取最适合自身的养分捕获方式,以达到生存的最优策略。     

玉龙雪山3个针叶树种在海拔上限的径向生长及气候响应

树木生长对气候变化的响应是国内外研究的热点。选择滇西北高原玉龙雪山海拔分布上限3个主要树种(长苞冷杉(Abies georgei)、丽江云杉(Picea likiangensis)和大果红杉(Larix potaninii Batal var.macrocarpa Law)),对其径向生长特征进行研究,构建差值年表,并分析其与温度和降水的相互关系。研究结果表明:(1)温度和降水均为玉龙雪山海拔上限树木生长的主要影响因子,但不同树种响应的时期和关系存在差异;(2)大果红杉生长主要受限于生长初期(5—6月)的水热条件,主要表现为与当年5月、6月以及生长初期(5—6月)的平均温呈显著正相关,以及与当年5月、6月以及生长初期的降水呈显著负相关;(3)长苞冷杉生长主要受限于生长初期(5—6月)的水分条件,表现为显著负相关,同时生长盛期(7—8月)温度的升高有利于其径向生长;(4)丽江云杉的生长则主要受限于生长季开始以前的气候条件,与上年12月以及当年5月的平均温呈显著负相关,与当年1月的降水呈显著正相关。本研究的结果可为气候变化对滇西北高原树木生长影响的研究提供参考,并为该地区历史气候重建提供科学基础。     

我国西南高山针叶林的外生菌根组合

本文报道了大致位于东喜马拉雅山脉和横断山脉的部分高山针叶林带的外生菌根菌和针叶林有关树种的菌根组合。并例举了有关菌的分布与树种的依赖关系以及菌根的外部和内部形态。     

Ectomycorrhizas and putative ectomycorrhizal fungi of Shorea leprosula Miq. (Dipterocarpaceae)

 The ectomycorrhizas of Shorea leprosula Miq. are described and their putative fungal associates discussed. Of the 24 ectomycorrhizal types reported from seedlings, wildlings and 20-year-old trees of Shorea leprosula, 20 were associated with the Basidiomycotina, two with the Ascomycotina and two with either members of the Ascomycotina or the Russulaceae. The dominant group of fungi associated with Shorea leprosula ectomycorrhizas were members of the Russulaceae. This was confirmed by collections of fungal fruiting bodies made under adult Shorea leprosula trees in various parts of Peninsular Malaysia over a period of 3 years. Of the 28 species of putative ectomycorrhizal fungi collected, 15 were members of the Russulaceae. Accepted: 26 March 1997     

Fungal content of ectomycorrhizal tips: comparison among 13 tree species

To better understand soil carbon cycling in forest ecosystems, we studied the proportion of fungal sheath area (FSA) in the cross-sectional ectomycorrhizal area in 13 tree species. Ectomycorrhizal samples were collected from subalpine and temperate forests in Japan. The FSA values were in the range of 12% to 56% across all tree species, tree ages, and fungal species. In Abies firma and Quercus serrata, the FSA values were larger in mature trees than in seedlings, whereas no such differences were found in Pinus densiflora and Fagus crenata. In broad-leaved trees, because the plant tissue radii lay within a narrow range, the FSA was affected mainly by the fungal sheath thickness. In conifers, however, the plant tissue radii varied widely among genera, so the FSA was affected by both the plant tissue radius and the fungal sheath thickness. Our findings suggest that the fungal content of ectomycorrhizal tips differs among tree species and fungal species, so that both parameters must be considered in studies of forest carbon cycling. The estimates revealed that data gathering in each type of forest leads to more accurate estimates of the biomass of fungi in ectomycorrhizal tips.     

Differences in 15N uptake amongst spruce seedlings colonized by three pioneer ectomycorrhizal fungi in the field

Amongst the factors hypothesized to be responsible for high ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity are resource partitioning and niche differentiation. However, functional differences amongst ectomycorrhizal fungi, which are pre-requisites for resource partitioning, are known primarily from lab studies; now realistic field experiments are needed in order to establish that these differences exist under field conditions. In this study, Picea engelmannii seedlings planted in a subalpine clearcut became naturally colonized over the course of 1 y. Then a defined volume of soil around each seedling was injected with ¹⁵N-labelled nitrate, ammonium or aspartate. Seedling biomass and N content increased, but N concentration decreased, with percent colonization of root systems. Accumulation of ¹⁵N per unit dry weight was not affected by the proportion of roots colonized but, rather, was influenced by the primary ectomycorrhizal fungus colonizing the seedling. Seedlings colonized by a Wilcoxina sp. accumulated more ¹⁵N per g than seedlings colonized by a Cenococcum sp. The presence of dark septate hyphae in the mantle was associated with lower accumulation of ¹⁵N by seedlings colonized by Amphinema byssoides. Our results demonstrate that the physiological differences required to support the concept of niche differentiation amongst ectomycorrhizal fungi exist in the field.     

Increasing phylogenetic resolution at low taxonomic levels using massively parallel sequencing of chloroplast genomes

Background

Mycoheterotrophic plants are considered to associate very specifically with fungi. Mycoheterotrophic orchids are mostly associated with ectomycorrhizal fungi in temperate regions, or with saprobes or parasites in tropical regions. Although most mycoheterotrophic orchids occur in the tropics, few studies have been devoted to them, and the main conclusions about their specificity have hitherto been drawn from their association with ectomycorrhizal fungi in temperate regions.

Results

We investigated three Asiatic Neottieae species from ectomycorrhizal forests in Thailand. We found that all were associated with ectomycorrhizal fungi, such as Thelephoraceae, Russulaceae and Sebacinales. Based on ¹³C enrichment of their biomass, they probably received their organic carbon from these fungi, as do mycoheterotrophic Neottieae from temperate regions. Moreover, ¹³C enrichment suggested that some nearby green orchids received part of their carbon from fungi too. Nevertheless, two of the three orchids presented a unique feature for mycoheterotrophic plants: they were not specifically associated with a narrow clade of fungi. Some orchid individuals were even associated with up to nine different fungi.

Conclusion

Our results demonstrate that some green and mycoheterotrophic orchids in tropical regions can receive carbon from ectomycorrhizal fungi, and thus from trees. Our results reveal the absence of specificity in two mycoheterotrophic orchid-fungus associations in tropical regions, in contrast to most previous studies of mycoheterotrophic plants, which have been mainly focused on temperate orchids.     

Variability of Cenococcum colonization and its ecophysiological significance for young conifers at alpine-treeline

* Plants establishing in environments that are marginal for growth could be particularly sensitive to mycorrhizal associations. We investigated ectomycorrhizal colonization and its significance for young conifers growing at, or above, their normal limits for growth, in the alpine-treeline ecotone. * Colonization of seedlings (<1 yr old) and juveniles (2- to 10-yr-old) of Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa by Cenococcum geophilum was determined in a field study, and effects of Cenococcum on Picea seedling ecophysiology were investigated in a glasshouse. * Colonization by Cenococcum was c. 20-fold greater for juveniles than seedlings, and approximately 4-fold greater adjacent compared with approximately 7 m away from trees. Juveniles of Picea were more colonized at timberline than Abies, and the opposite relationship was observed in forest. Colonization enhanced seedling water potential, but not phosphorus concentrations or photosynthesis. * These landscape and age-dependent variations in colonization correspond well with known variations in conifer physiology and establishment near timberline. Facilitation of seedling establishment by older trees at alpine-treeline may include a below-ground, mycorrhizal component that complements previously reported effects of trees on the microclimate and ecophysiology of seedlings.     

四川都江堰亚热带针阔混交林中主要晚生型外生菌根真菌类群的空间分布

晚生型外生菌根真菌通常出现在森林演替的后期,是成熟林中的优势外生菌根真菌类群.对四川都江堰一片亚热带针阔混交林中的菌根真菌地上群落进行调查,并应用二元逻辑回归分析对晚生型外生菌根真菌的主要类群,即鹅膏菌科、牛肝菌科和红菇科,与周围(5 m×5 m样方)树种组成的关系进行研究.还应用次级变量分析方法对主要外生菌根真菌类群的空间格局进行了分析.结果表明,非外生菌根树种及某些外生菌根树种对特定类群菌根真菌子实体的出现有抑制作用,而不同类群外生菌根真菌在克隆生长上的差异并不是子实体空间分布的决定因素.我们认为,当研究自然林中外生菌根子实体的空间分布时,除了宿主植物的分布,也应考虑非宿主植物的分布以及菌根真菌相互作用的影响.     

How are plant and fungal communities linked to each other in belowground ecosystems? A massively parallel pyrosequencing analysis of the association specificity of root-associated fungi and their host plants

In natural forests, hundreds of fungal species colonize plant roots. The preference or specificity for partners in these symbiotic relationships is a key to understanding how the community structures of root‐associated fungi and their host plants influence each other. In an oak‐dominated forest in Japan, we investigated the root‐associated fungal community based on a pyrosequencing analysis of the roots of 33 plant species. Of the 387 fungal taxa observed, 153 (39.5%) were identified on at least two plant species. Although many mycorrhizal and root‐endophytic fungi are shared between the plant species, the five most common plant species in the community had specificity in their association with fungal taxa. Likewise, fungi displayed remarkable variation in their association specificity for plants even within the same phylogenetic or ecological groups. For example, some fungi in the ectomycorrhizal family Russulaceae were detected almost exclusively on specific oak (Quercus) species, whereas other Russulaceae fungi were found even on “non‐ectomycorrhizal” plants (e.g., Lyonia and Ilex). Putatively endophytic ascomycetes in the orders Helotiales and Chaetothyriales also displayed variation in their association specificity and many of them were shared among plant species as major symbionts. These results suggest that the entire structure of belowground plant–fungal associations is described neither by the random sharing of hosts/symbionts nor by complete compartmentalization by mycorrhizal type. Rather, the colonization of multiple types of mycorrhizal fungi on the same plant species and the prevalence of diverse root‐endophytic fungi may be important features of belowground linkage between plant and fungal communities.