云南、浙江、内蒙古禾本科植物内生真菌多样性研究

从云南、浙江和内蒙古的30属禾本科植物分离到1 821株内生真菌,根据ITS rDNA系统发育分析和ITS预测真菌的阈值,将这些菌株鉴定为3门10纲34目216属,其中子囊菌门5纲26目192属,担子菌门3纲6目21属,毛霉门2纲2目3属。粪壳菌纲和座囊菌纲为主要优势纲,相对频率分别为54.8%和30.9%;座囊菌纲的格孢腔菌目和粪壳菌纲的肉座菌目、巨座壳目、小丛壳目、炭角菌目是主要优势目,相对频率分别为26.7%、12.6%、12.1%、11.3%和9.9%。主要优势纲和主要优势目在不同纬度地区的分布有明显差异。在鉴定的216个属级分类单元中,7个已知属Colletotrichum、Alternaria、Fusarium、Diaporthe、Penicillium、Arthrinium、Trichoderma和1个分类地位未定的属Pleosporales incertae sedis type 12的相对频率大于2%,除了这个分类地位未定的属以外,7个已知属都是广泛分布的真菌;云南、浙江和内蒙古的内生真菌组成和多样性差异明显,二地或三地共有的属仅58个,且云南禾本科植物的内生真菌多样性程度最高,内蒙古禾本科植物的内生真菌多样性程度最低;根部和地上部组织的内生真菌组成和多样性差异明显,两者共有的属仅53个,地上部组织的内生真菌多样性高于根部组织。因此,进一步深入调查不同区域,特别是热带和亚热带的禾本科植物内生真菌将丰富我们对禾本科植物内生真菌多样性的认识。     

两种气候条件下不同有机质含量农田黑土真菌群落结构特征

【背景】东北黑土土壤肥沃,有机质含量丰富,是我国重要的粮食生产基地,同时也是受气候变化影响的敏感区。土壤微生物对环境因子变化的响应敏感,并且与土壤肥力密切相关,因此,研究环境因子改变对土壤微生物的影响有助于维持农田黑土生产力。【目的】探究有机质含量与气候条件对农田黑土真菌群落结构、多样性的影响,为全球气候变化条件下黑土区农业可持续发展提供重要基础数据和理论依据。【方法】利用黑土空间移位试验,采用Illumina MiSeq测序技术对农田黑土真菌种类进行预测,并对其进行多样性和群落结构分析。【结果】两种气候条件下不同有机质含量农田黑土真菌种类均较丰富,土壤有机质含量对真菌多样性指数的影响不大,气候条件和施肥对真菌多样性的影响较大。在已知的真菌群落中,5种不同有机质农田黑土的优势菌门均为子囊菌门(Ascomycota)、担子菌门(Basidiomycota)和接合菌门(Zygomycota),占总序列的92.5%。在气候较冷条件下,OTU数量、Chao1指数、Shannon指数和Simpson指数均出现不同程度的降低;施肥也会降低各有机质含量农田黑土中真菌物种数量和多样性,但是降低幅度随有机质含量升高而逐渐减小。气候因子、有机质含量、全氮、施肥和pH是影响不同有机质含量农田黑土中真菌群落结构发生变化的主要因素。【结论】有机质含量、施肥和气候均一定程度上改变了农田黑土中真菌群落多样性和群落结构。气候条件和施肥对农田黑土真菌群落结构影响较大,而有机质含量对其影响较小,但前两者的影响会随土壤有机质含量的增加而呈减弱趋势。这些影响在子囊菌门群落结构中表现明显。     

黑土农田土壤肥力质量综合评价

黑土是我国东北主要土壤类型之一,也是我国宝贵的土壤资源．本项研究在分析了黑土南北样带上采集的115个土样理化性质的基础上,建立黑土肥力评价指标体系,运用模糊数学和因子分析方法对黑土肥力水平进行评估、分级．采用地理信息系统软件Arclnfo绘制黑土区土壤肥力状况图．研究发现,深厚黑土主要分布于黑土区北部,中厚与薄层黑土则分别集中在黑土区的中部和南部,这主要与黑土分布区的气候条件和黑土的成土过程有关．另外,黑土肥力水平分布规律在东西向为东高西低;南北向为中部最高,北部次之,南部最低,且大部分地区肥力水平处于中等。占整个黑土区的73．6%．     

新疆的刺球座属、穴壳属及普氏腔孢属

本文报道了新疆腔菌纲座囊菌目刺球座属(Lasiobotrys)、穴壳属(Dothiora)和普氏腔孢属(Plowrightia)的六种子囊菌,即:忍冬刺球座菌(L.loniccrae)、花楸穴壳菌 (D.sorbi)及其无性阶段花楸疡壳孢(Dothichiza sorbi)、茶蔗子普氏腔孢菌(P.ribesia)、小檗普氏腔孢菌(P.berberidiJ)、沙棘普氏腔孢菌(P.hippophaeos)及雕刻普氏腔孢菌(P.insculpta)。这三个属的真菌在我国均未报道过,为我国新纪录属(种)。标本均采于新疆,保存于新疆八一农学院植保系真菌标本室(HMAAC)。     

烟草根部内生真菌群落结构和功能特征

烟草内生真菌是烟田生态系统的重要组成,根系是烟草内生真菌重要来源途径。本研究通过高通量测序技术分析了5个品种的烟草根部内生真菌群落结构及功能特征。结果表明,烟草根部内生真菌群落多样性较低;粪壳菌纲Sordariomycetes、座囊菌纲Dothideomycetes、散囊菌纲Eurotiomycetes、伞菌纲Agaricomycetes及锤舌菌纲Leotiomycetes为主要菌群,肉座菌目Hypocreales、煤炱目Capnodiales和散囊菌目Eurotiales为优势真菌目,丛赤壳科Nectriaceae、小戴维霉科Davidiellaceae和发菌科Trichocomaceae为优势真菌科,未定义腐生菌和动物病原菌是主要的生态功能群,但不同品种之间的真菌群落组成和生态功能分布差异显著。本研究为进一步挖掘利用烟草内生真菌资源,阐明烟草内生真菌的生态功能提供了参考。     

典型黑土区农田土壤线虫群落的纬度分布格局及其驱动机制

东北黑土区是保障我国粮食安全的重要土壤资源, 了解该区域内农田土壤线虫的群落组成及其对环境驱动因子的响应机制, 对于研究黑土区农田土壤生态系统的生物多样性分布格局具有重要意义。2018年9月, 我们在42°50°‒49°08° N的典型黑土区采集了93个农田土壤样品, 利用形态学鉴定技术分析了土壤线虫群落的组成与结构。共鉴定出47个线虫属(相对丰度 > 1%), 其中食细菌线虫中的拟丽突属(Acrobeloides)是典型黑土区农田土壤中的优势属(相对丰度 > 5%)。土壤线虫总丰富度和总多度均随纬度增加而显著增加, 然而类似的变化趋势只出现在食细菌和杂食/捕食线虫中。土壤有机碳是影响土壤线虫丰富度和多度最为重要的环境因子, 其次是月平均温度。典型黑土区农田土壤线虫群落结构以47° N为分界线分为南部和北部两类, 主要归因于线虫群落中植物寄生和杂食/捕食线虫的相对多度在南、北特征属中存在差异。土壤pH值和容重分别是影响南部与北部黑土区线虫群落最重要的环境因子。本研究明确了典型黑土区农田土壤线虫群落的纬度分布格局及其与环境因素的关系, 可为揭示农业活动干扰下土壤生物对环境因子的响应机制提供基础数据和理论参考。     

中国种子植物内生真菌资源及菌植协同进化

综述了中国种子植物内生真菌资源研究概况,比较了裸子植物和被子植物内生真菌种类,它们都具有肉座菌目(Hypocreales),粪壳菌目(Sordariales),散囊菌目(Eurotiales),毛霉目(Mucorales)及不产孢类(Myceliasterilia)内生真菌。裸子植物内生真菌涉及52个属,既包括高等的子囊菌和担子菌,也包括低等的卵菌(Oomycetes)和接合菌(Zygomycetes)类。被子植物涉及60个属,主要为高等的子囊菌(Ascomycetes)和担子菌(Basidiomycetes),低等的卵菌和接合菌报道很少。双子叶植物涉及40个属,单子叶植物内生真菌涉及30个属,两类被子植物所报道的内生真菌只有11个属相同。裸子植物与双子叶植物内生真菌相似程度较高,都具有炭角菌目(Xylariales)、格孢腔菌目(Pleosporales)、柔膜菌目(Helotiales)和白粉菌目(Erysiphales),刺盘孢菌属(Colletotrichum)、拟茎点霉属(Phomopsis)、枝孢霉属(Cladosporium)、地霉属(Geotrichum)等内真菌,共20个属相同。各类种子植物具有自己独特的一些内生真菌。还对植物与其内生真菌的协同进化关系进行了分析。     

宁夏中部干旱带不同作物根际土壤真菌群落多样性及群落结构

【背景】宁夏中部干旱带常年缺水,植被稀疏,土地沙漠化严重,生态环境十分脆弱。土地沙漠化导致土地生产力下降,制约着该区农业的发展,因此,改善宁夏中部干旱带农田生态环境具有重要意义。【目的】为该区土地资源的合理利用开发及干旱区土壤真菌多样性的深入研究提供基础数据和理论依据。【方法】运用IlluminaMiSeq高通量测序技术对宁夏中部干旱带农田作物土壤真菌种类进行预测,并对其进行真菌多样性和群落结构的分析。【结果】5个处理中真菌种类均较为丰富,丰富度指数无差异;真菌多样性指数分别以‘张杂谷5号’谷子最高,藜麦的多样性最低,且存在极显著差异。不同作物根际土壤中,子囊菌门(Ascomycota)为最优势菌门,相对丰度为73.00%-89.14%,且远远大于次优势菌门——担子菌门(Basidiomycota,3.9%-16.5%),表现出非常明显的优势;支顶孢属(Acremonium)和裂壳菌属(Schizothecium)为共有的优势菌属。土壤速效磷和土壤碱解氮会对土壤真菌群落结构和功能多样性产生影响,土壤微生物群落结构、功能多样性的变化是土壤理化性质与微生物相互作用的结果。【结论】休闲和种植作物的农田土壤养分均可不同程度的提高,土壤pH降低,真菌群落结构和多样性发生变化。说明合理的土地利用有利于丰富农田土壤微生物群落结构和多样性,改良土壤特性,进而促进该区域土壤生态系统的稳定,提高农田土地资源的合理利用。     

座壳孢及其有性型（子囊菌门）代谢产物研究进展

座壳孢及其有性型是一类重要的虫生真菌,隶属子囊菌门、粪菌纲、肉座菌目、麦角菌科,能寄生粉虱和蚧类昆虫,可开发成一种环境友好型的生物农药。座壳孢及其有性型属成员广泛分布于热带和亚热带地区,该类群物种、栖息环境和生态适应的多样性使它们的代谢产物化学结构及其生物活性彰显出多样性特点,结构和功能多样的真菌代谢产物已成为发现新药先导化合物的重要资源。虫生真菌因其独特的生活方式和多种生存环境形成了与众不同的适应寄主特性及代谢通路,明显提高获得新颖结构、显著活性的代谢产物的几率,目前已是药物重点研发的领域。在座壳孢及其有性型代谢产物研究中已报道了萜类、黄酮类、醌类、环肽和甾醇等多种化合物,并具有抗肿瘤、抗疟疾、抗菌和杀虫等多种生物活性,可在农业、工业和医药保健等方面应用。本文对近年座壳孢及其有性型代谢产物的化学成分和生物活性等方面的研究进展进行概述,为促进座壳孢及其有性型代谢产物的深入研究、开发利用和新药创制提供参考。     

肉座菌目一新科（英文）

在吉林、河南和湖北等地大蚕蛾科昆虫的虫茧上发现一种肉座菌目真菌,其子实体非子座型,子囊壳表生、肉质、梨形、淡橙色,子囊长柱形、具帽状加厚的顶端和细长的顶孔,子囊孢子线形、多分隔、易断裂。ITS、LSU、SSU多基因序列分析的结果表明,它属于肉座菌目,并与Flammocladiaceae和线虫草科Ophiocordycipitaceae系统发育关系略近。形态学与序列分析的结果支持将其处理为一新属(茧壳菌属Cocoonihabitus)中的一个新种(茧壳菌Cocoonihabitus sinensis),并代表了该目的一个新科(茧壳菌科Cocoonihabitaceae)。     

我国南北区域城市污水处理系统内真菌群落的差异

【背景】微生物是污水处理系统内污染物去除的主体,真菌作为其中不可或缺的一部分,在去除有毒化合物、提高生物转化等方面发挥着重要作用,应引起人们的关注。【目的】明确我国南北区域城市污水处理系统内真菌群落的多样性、组成差异及其影响因素。【方法】采集我国北方23个污水处理厂的90份活性污泥样品和南方37个污水处理厂的121份活性污泥样品,提取上述样本的总DNA,并应用Illumina MiSeq平台进行ITS高通量测序,结合多种数量生态学分析方法对数据进行分析。【结果】我国南北区域城市污水处理系统内真菌群落结构存在显著差异,真菌群落多样性南方显著高于北方;我国南北区域真菌群落的组成差异显著,南方群落以Sordariomycetes和Glomeromycetes为优势菌纲,以Ophiocordycep和Alternaria为优势菌属,北方群落以Tremellomycetes和Saccharomycetes为优势菌纲,以Trichosporon和Saccharomyces为优势菌属,其中Tremellomycetes和Sordariomycetes是常见的病原菌,对下游生物或者人类的健康具有潜在威胁,Trichosporon属的丝状真菌若大量异常增殖会引发污泥膨胀现象,影响系统的稳定运行;地理纬度、年平均气温、进水NH_4~+浓度、进水总氮浓度是导致我国南北区域真菌群落存在差异的重要影响因子。【结论】我国南北区域真菌群落多样性、组成存在显著差异,地理因素、所在城市的气候因素和进水污染物浓度对真菌群落结构影响显著。针对南北区域,应合理调控相应区域内的重要功能菌群,以调控污水处理厂的高效稳定运行,同时密切关注其中的条件致病菌和易引发污泥膨胀的菌群,建立面向种群的优化控制系统以管控风险。     

Spatio-temporal,environmental factors,and host identity shape culturable-epibiotic fungi of seaweeds in the Red Sea,Egypt

The study of fungal species diversity from marine algae is in its infancy; as now no studies have been carried out on the distribution and diversity of fungi on the surfaces of marine macroalgae where all fungal–algal interactions tend to begin. The aim of this study was to isolate and describe the culturable part of mycobiota associated with the surface of benthic marine macroalgae (epiphytic or epibiotic fungi). This is an important step in understanding their abundance, diversity and factors influencing their variability and composition. The fungal community was dominated by Ascomycetes (89%) with Eurotiales as the most abundant fungal order followed by Capnodiales, Pleosporales, and Hypocreales, while Zygomycetes was less frequent. The nature of occurrence of fungal genera on different macroalgal hosts suggests that a mix of generalists’ framework applies to fungal epiphytes of seaweeds, but the abundance of fungal taxa varied among ecological functional groups of algae, as well as macroalgal taxonomic groups, which imply host filtering. The fungal assemblages were also characterized by temporal variation with variation in temperature, pH, and salinity as the most important abiotic factors. The structure of fungal assemblages showed high beta diversity and low similarity between hosts.     

Seagrasses,seaweeds and plant debris: An extraordinary reservoir of fungal diversity in the Mediterranean Sea

This review gathers data derived from many research efforts on marine fungi associated with plant-origin substrates in the Mediterranean Sea. Overall, the review draws up a list of 378 taxa associated with seagrasses, seaweeds and wood.For each of the three substrates, on average, 92.7% of the taxa belonged to the phylum Ascomycota. Basidiomycota were better represented in seagrasses (9.8%) than in seaweeds (4.9%) and wood (1.2%). Mucoromycota and Mortirellomycota were scarce, while Chytridiomycota was detected only in association with phanerogames (3.7%). Dothideomycetes and Sordariomycetes were the dominant classes, while the orders Pleosporales and Hypocreales were significantly represented in the three sububstrates (42, 37, 10 taxa-30, 40, 16 taxa). Seagrasses with 210 associated taxa were the substrates with the richest fungal communities, immediately followed by seaweeds (180 taxa) and finally by wood (78 taxa). Out of the total, only 12 taxa were shared by the three varieties of substrates, including species that were widespread in marine environments. However, many algal species and seagrasses inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea remain unexplored. This gap indicates the need to apply more extensive surveys to explain the huge fungal biodiversity herein hosted, and increase the chances of describing novel fungal lineages.     

Spatial genetic structure of a symbiotic beetle-fungal system: toward multi-taxa integrated landscape genetics

Spatial patterns of genetic variation in interacting species can identify shared features that are important to gene flow and can elucidate co-evolutionary relationships. We assessed concordance in spatial genetic variation between the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and one of its fungal symbionts, Grosmanniaclavigera, in western Canada using neutral genetic markers. We examined how spatial heterogeneity affects genetic variation within beetles and fungi and developed a novel integrated landscape genetics approach to assess reciprocal genetic influences between species using constrained ordination. We also compared landscape genetic models built using Euclidean distances based on allele frequencies to traditional pair-wise Fst. Both beetles and fungi exhibited moderate levels of genetic structure over the total study area, low levels of structure in the south, and more pronounced fungal structure in the north. Beetle genetic variation was associated with geographic location while that of the fungus was not. Pinevolume and climate explained beetle genetic variation in the northern region of recent outbreak expansion. Reciprocal genetic relationships were only detectedin the south where there has been alonger history of beetle infestations. The Euclidean distance and Fst-based analyses resulted in similar models in the north and over the entire study area, but differences between methods in the south suggest that genetic distances measures should be selected based on ecological and evolutionary contexts. The integrated landscape genetics framework we present is powerful, general, and can be applied to other systems to quantify the biotic and abiotic determinants of spatial genetic variation within and among taxa.     

Assessment of Swiss Needle Cast Disease: Temporal and Spatial Investigations of Fungal Colonization and Symptom Severity

Increasing severity of Swiss needle cast (SNC), a foliar disease of Douglas‐fir caused by the fungus Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii, has become a matter of concern in forest plantations throughout coastal Oregon and Washington. This study monitored SNC disease in three Oregon Douglas‐fir plantations bi‐annually in 1998–1999, and compared differences in fungal colonization and symptom development in trees from north‐ and south‐facing plots at each plantation. Fungal colonization as quantified by ergosterol content, pseudothecia density and quantitative PCR was significantly correlated with symptom severity (needle retention and needle cholorosis). All three measures of fungal colonization were highly correlated with each other; and only the ergosterol–pseudothecia relationship differed between plots, presumably due to the non‐species specific nature of ergosterol measurements. Differences in symptom severity and fungal colonization between north‐ and south‐aspect plots were consistent with climate differences. At low to moderate levels of infection, trees growing on warmer (i.e. south slopes in the western, and north slopes in the eastern Coast Range) slopes had higher levels of colonization, particularly during the winter months. Plots with southern exposures, which received greater amounts of solar radiation, had greater amounts of needle abscission compared to north‐aspect plots with similar amounts of fungal colonization. As a result, greater fungal abundance and symptom expression developed on south‐aspect slopes within the Oregon Coast Range.     

基于景观分析的西安市生态网络构建与优化

生态网络能够连接破碎的生境斑块、增加景观之间的连接性,对应对城市化引发的景观和生态问题具有重要作用。本研究以西安市为例,运用景观格局指数和形态学空间分析等方法在景观格局现状分析的基础上构建了生态网络,并利用重力模型评估了网络结构,最后提出优化策略。结果表明: 西安市景观丰富度较高,但景观状况南北区域差异明显;生态源地主要分布在南部和东部,北部和中部综合阻力值高、连接度较低;生态廊道分布不均,基于水文分析得到的辐射道可以对生态廊道起到补充作用;通过新增生态源地、补设踏脚石及修复断裂点对生态网络进行优化,可改善生态源地分布不均、部分区域生态廊道过长及道路网阻隔等问题,提出的优化策略可为西安市城市规划提供参考。     

Systematic search for cultivatable fungi that best deconstruct cell walls of Miscanthus and sugarcane in the field

The goals of our project were to document the diversity and distributions of cultivable fungi associated with decaying Miscanthus and sugarcane plants in nature and to further assess biodegradation of host plant cell walls by these fungi in pure cultures. Late in 2008 and early in 2009 we collected decaying Miscanthus and Saccharum from 8 sites in Illinois and 11 sites in Louisiana, respectively. To recover fungi that truly decay plants and to recover slow-growing fungi, we washed the plant material repeatedly to remove spores and cultivated fungi from plant fragments small enough to harbor at most one mycelium. We randomly selected 950 fungal colonies out of 4,560 microwell colonies and used molecular identification to discover that the most frequently recovered fungal species resided in Hypocreales (Sordariomycetes), Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes), and Chaetothryiales (Eurotiomycetes) and that only a few weedy species were recovered. We were particularly interested in Pleosporales and Chaetothyriales, groups that have not been mined for plant decay fungi. To confirm that we had truly recovered fungi that deconstruct plant cell walls, we assayed the capacity of the fungi to consume whole, alkali-pretreated, ground Miscanthus. Solid substrate cultures of the nine most commonly encountered Ascomycota resulted in Miscanthus weight loss of 8 to 13% over 4 weeks. This is the first systematic, high-throughput, isolation and biodegradation assessment of fungi isolated from decaying bioenergy grasses.     

Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis reveals multiple Pleistocene glacial refugia for the Yellow‐spotted mountain newt,Neurergus derjugini (Caudata: Salamandridae) in the mid‐Zagros range in Iran and Iraq

Phylogeography is often used to investigate the effects of glacial cycles on current genetic structure of various plant and animal species. This approach can also identify the number and location of glacial refugia as well as the recolonization routes from those refugia to the current locations. To identify the location of glacial refugia of the Yellow‐spotted mountain newt, Neurergus derjugini, we employed phylogeography patterns and genetic variability of this species by analyzing partial ND4 sequences (867 bp) of 67 specimens from 15 sampling localities from the whole species range in Iran and Iraq. Phylogenetic trees concordant with haplotype networks showed a clear genetic structure among populations as three groups corresponding to the populations in the north, center, and south. Evolutionary ages of clades north and south ranging from 0.15 to 0.17 Myr, while the oldest clade is the central clade, corresponding to 0.32 Myr. Bayesian skyline plots of population size change through time show a relatively slight increase until about 25 kyr (around the last glacial maximum) and a decline of population size about 2.5 kyr. The presence of geographically structured clades in north, center, and south sections of the species range signifies the disjunct populations that have emerged in three different refugium. This study illustrates the importance of the effect of previous glacial cycles in shaping the genetic structure of mountain species in the Zagros range. These areas are important in terms of long‐term species persistence and therefore valuable areas for conservation of biodiversity.     

Phylogenetic diversity of culturable fungi associated with the Hawaiian Sponges Suberites zeteki and Gelliodes fibrosa

Sponges are well documented to harbor large amounts of microbes. Both culture-dependent and molecular approaches have revealed remarkable bacterial diversity in marine sponges. Fungi are commonly isolated from marine sponges, yet no reports on phylogenetic diversity of sponge-inhabiting fungi exist. In this report, we investigated the phylogenetic diversity of culturable fungi from the Hawaiian alien marine sponges Suberites zeteki and Gelliodes fibrosa. A total of 44 independent isolates were recovered from these two sponge species, representing 7 orders and 22 genera of Ascomycota. The majority (58%) of fungal isolates from S. zeteki resided in the Pleosporales group, while the predominant isolates (52%) from G. fibrosa were members of the Hypocreales group. Though differing in fungal species composition and structure, culturable communities of these two sponges displayed similar phylogenetic diversity. At the genus level, only two genera Penicillium and Trichoderma in the Eurotiales and Hypocreales orders, respectively, were present in both sponge species. The other genera of the fungal isolates were associated with either S. zeteki or G. fibrosa. Some of these fungal genera had been isolated from sponges collected in other marine habitats, but more than half of these genera were identified for the first time in these two marine sponges. Overall, the diversity of culturable fungal communities from these two sponge species is much higher than that observed in studies of marine sponges from other areas. This is the first report of phylogenetic diversity of marine sponge-associated fungi and adds one more dimension to our current understanding of the phylogenetic diversity of sponge-symbiotic microbes.     

Characterization of fungal communities associated with the bark beetle Ips typographus varies depending on detection method, location, and beetle population levels

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus and their fungal associates can cause severe damage to Norway spruce forests. In this paper, by using both molecular and cultural methods, we compared fungal assemblages on bark beetles from different locations, characterized by different beetle population levels. Ips typographus was trapped in the western Alps in two outbreak and in two control areas. Sequencing of clone libraries of Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) identified 31 fungal Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs), while fungal isolations yielded 55 OTUs. Only three OTUs were detected by both molecular and cultural methods indicating that both methods are necessary to adequately describe fungal richness. Fungal assemblages on insects from these four and from an additional 12 study sites differed among stands in response to varying ecological conditions and to the limited spreading ability of I. typographus. Ophiostomatoid fungi showed higher diversity in outbreak areas; the pathogenic Ophiostoma polonicum was relatively uncommon, while O. bicolor was the most abundant species. This result was not unexpected, as insects were trapped not at the peak but at the end of the outbreaks and supports the hypothesis of a temporal succession among Ophiostoma species. Ubiquitous endophytes of trees or common airborne fungi were present both in outbreak and in control areas. Wood decaying basidiomycetes were almost never detected on beetles. Yeasts were detected only by molecular analysis, and the OTUs detected matched those reported elsewhere in Europe and in the world, suggesting a very long association between some yeasts and bark beetles.