Ectomycorrhizae and ectomycorrhizal fungal fruit bodies in pine stands differentially damaged by pine wilt disease

We surveyed ectomycorrhizae, ectomycorrhizal fungal fruit bodies, and soil physical properties in one heavily damaged and two lightly damaged pine stands on Mt. Tsukuba, central Japan. The rate of ectomycorrhizal root tips was not different between heavily and lightly damaged pine stands. For ectomycorrhizae, Cenococcum geophilum had high relative abundance in the heavily damaged pine stand. The number of ectomycorrhizal fungal fruit bodies in the heavily damaged pine stand was much lower than that in the lightly damaged pine stands.     

Diversity and species distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi along productivity gradients of a southern boreal forest

Coniferous forests with diverse ectomycorrhizal fungus (EMF) communities are associated with nutrient-poor, acidic soils but there is some debate whether EMF can be equally adapted to more productive, nitrogen-rich sites. We compared EMF species distribution and diversity along a replicated productivity gradient in a southern boreal forest of British Columbia (Canada). Roots from subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) saplings of the understory were sampled and EMF species were identified by morphotypes supplemented with ITS rDNA analysis. There were significant changes in the distribution and abundance of 74 EMF species along the productivity gradient, with as little as 24% community similarity among contrasting sites. Species richness per plot increased asymptotically with foliar nitrogen concentrations of subalpine fir, demonstrating that many EMF species were well suited to soils with high rates of nitrogen mineralization. EMF species abundance in relation to site productivity included parabolic, negative linear, and positive exponential curves. Both multi-site and more narrowly distributed EMF were documented, and a diverse mix of mantle exploration types was present across the entire productivity gradient. The results demonstrate strong associations of EMF fungal species with edaphic characteristics, especially nitrogen availability, and a specialization in EMF communities that may contribute to the successful exploitation of such contrasting extremes in soil fertility by a single tree host.     

Influence of Pb contamination in boreal forest soil on the growth and ligninolytic activity of litter-decomposing fungi

Lignin mineralization activity of three basidiomycetous litter-decomposing fungi (LDF) was studied with humus layer samples taken from a boreal forest soil. The total Pb concentration in the samples was 32,000 mg kg(-1) and water soluble Pb 67 mg kg(-1). Synthetic lignin mineralization by Collybia dryophila and Clitocybe (Lepista) nebularis was strongly inhibited, whereas Stropharia coronilla was more tolerant to Pb stress in soil and liquid cultures. Purified laccases maintained their activity and purified MnPs remained partly active up to a concentration of 1450 mg Pb l(-1). High concentrations of Pb inhibited the growth of LDF and affected the activity of ligninolytic enzymes, but the extent of inhibition varied among different LDF species. In consequence, Pb contamination in soil may have a negative impact on recycling of organic carbon.     

中国典型植被类型NDVI动态变化与气温、降水变化的敏感性分析

 利用1983～1992年覆盖全国范围的、多时相的、NOAA／AVHRR的NDVI数字影像,结合我国160个基本标准气象站逐月的气温、降水资料,对10年来中国主要植被类型的遥感特征参数NDVI的动态变化与同期气温、降水变化的关系进行了分析。结果显示：就全国而言,从北到南,NDVI的变化与气候条件变化的相关系数逐渐降低;从东南到西北,NDVI的变化与气候条件变化的相关系数逐渐增加。     

外生菌根真菌吸收汞的动力学

液体培养外生菌根真菌彩色豆马勃(Pisolithus tinctorius XC1和Pisolithus tinctorius 270)和土生空团菌(Cenocuccum geophinum SIV)三周,菌丝体的阳离子交换量差异显著,但与二价汞(Hg++)的吸收和吸附关系不大。进入菌丝体的Hg++大部分被细胞吸收,少部分吸附于胞外。三种外生菌根真菌吸收Hg++的Cmin很低,变化于0.28～0.45mmol/ L,说明外界溶液中只要存在低浓度的Hg++,外生菌根真菌就能吸收。外生菌根真菌吸收Hg++的Imax和Km值Cg SIV > Pt XC1 Pt 270,由于Hg++在外生菌根真菌的菌丝中不易传递,推测Cg SIV形成外生菌根之后,寄主植物能适应高Hg++环境,Cg SIV形成的菌根化林木种苗可用于汞污染矿墟和土壤上的植树造林,修复汞污染的生态环境。     

中国典型植被类型NDVI动态变化与气温、降水变化的敏感性分析

利用 198 3～ 1992年覆盖全国范围的、多时相的、NOAA/AVHRR的 NDVI数字影像 ,结合我国 16 0个基本标准气象站逐月的气温、降水资料 ,对 10年来中国主要植被类型的遥感特征参数 NDVI的动态变化与同期气温、降水变化的关系进行了分析。结果显示 :就全国而言 ,从北到南 ,NDVI的变化与气候条件变化的相关系数逐渐降低 ;从东南到西北 ,NDVI的变化与气候条件变化的相关系数逐渐增加。     

Histochemical demonstration of heavy metal tolerance in ectomycorrhizal fungi

Summary By the use of a specific histochemical staining method evidence was obtained that tolerance to heavy metals in ectomycorrizal fungi is based on the presence of metallothionein-like proteins. The implication that tolerance in these fungi should be induced by sublethal concentrations of heavy metals has been confirmed by us. Induction of metallothionein in ectomycorrizal fungi could possibly be helpful in protection of their host plants in areas polluted by heavy metals. In comparison with biochemical methods the histochemical method is able to locate the metal tolerance and has the added advantage that it may also be applied to mycorrhizas (root and fungus).     

Viability of ectomycorrhizal fungi following cryopreservation

The use of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi in biotechnological processes requires their maintenance over long periods under conditions that maintain their genetic, phenotypic, and physiological stability. Cryopreservation is considered as the most reliable method for long-term storage of most filamentous fungi. However, this technique is not widespread for ECM fungi since many do not survive or exhibit poor recovery after freezing. The aim of this study was to develop an efficient cryopreservation protocol for the long-term storage of ECM fungi. Two cryopreservation protocols were compared. The first protocol was the conventional straw protocol (SP). The mycelium of the ECM isolates was grown in Petri dishes on agar and subsequently collected by punching the mycelium into a sterile straw before cryopreservation. In the second protocol, the cryovial protocol (CP), the mycelium of the ECM isolates was grown directly in cryovials filled with agar and subsequently cryopreserved. The same cryoprotectant solution, freezing, and thawing process, and re-growth conditions were used in both protocols. The survival (positive when at least 60 % of the replicates showed re-growth) was evaluated before and immediately after freezing as well as after 1 week, 1 m, and 6 m of storage at −130 °C. Greater survival rate (80 % for the CP as compared to 25 % for the SP) and faster re-growth (within 10 d for the CP compared to the 4 weeks for the SP) were observed for most isolates with the CP suggesting that the preparation of the cultures prior to freezing had a significant impact on the isolates survival. The suitability of the CP for cryopreservation of ECM fungi was further confirmed on a set of 98 ECM isolates and displayed a survival rate of 88 % of the isolates. Only some isolates belonging to Suillus luteus, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Paxillus involutus and Thelephora terrestris failed to survive. This suggested that the CP is an adequate method for the ultra-low cryopreservation of a large set of ECM fungi and that further studies are necessary for the more recalcitrant ones.     

Community assembly, stability and signatures of dynamical constraints on food web structure

To understand the dynamics of natural species communities, a major challenge is to quantify the relationship between their assembly, stability, and underlying food web structure. To this end, two complementary aspects of food web structure can be related to community stability: sign structure, which refers to the distributions of trophic links irrespective of interaction strengths, and interaction strength structure, which refers to the distributions of interaction strengths with or without consideration of sign structure. In this paper, using data from a set of relatively well documented community food webs, I show that natural communities generally exhibit a sign structure that renders their stability sensitive to interaction strengths. Using a Lotka-Volterra type population dynamical model, I then show that in such communities, individual consumer species with high values of a measure of their total biomass acquisition rate, which I term “weighted generality”, tend to undermine community stability. Thus consumer species’ trophic modules (a species and all its resource links) should be “selected” through repeated immigrations and extinctions during assembly into configurations that increase the probability of stable coexistence within the constraints of the community's trophic sign structure. The presence of such constraints can be detected by the incidence and strength of certain non-random structural characteristics. These structural signatures of dynamical constraints are readily measurable, and can be used to gauge the importance of interaction-driven dynamical constraints on communities during and after assembly in natural communities.     

几种外生菌根真菌培养特性的研究

对 4种外生菌根真菌的培养特性进行了研究。结果表明 ,PDMA和PD培养基是培养外生菌根真菌的较适合的培养基 ;木屑、麸皮、米糠、玉米粉、蛭石是培养菌根菌菌剂的较适宜的基质 ;用MMN营养液拌料以及适宜的水分供给都有利于外生菌根真菌的生长。     

外生菌根真菌对植物根病原菌拮抗作用的研究

■的15株外生菌根真菌在琼脂平板上对6株植物病原菌的拮抗作用试验结果表明,美味红菇、劣味乳菇、毛边滑锈伞、大毒滑锈伞等菌根菌对试验病原菌的营养菌丝具有明显的拮抗作用。菌根菌的培养液中含有抑制根病原菌的活性物质,且对高温稳定。外生菌根菌在纯培养条件下对病原菌的拮抗作用包括菌丝体对峙生长作用,重寄生作用和拮抗活性物质作用。其中菌丝体的重寄生作用在抗病效应中起重要作用。     

A new Rhizopogon species associated with Pinus amamiana in Japan

Pinus amamiana is an endangered Pinus species found only on Yakushima Island and Tanegashima Island, Japan. We surveyed remaining P. amamiana forests and found some sporocarps of Rhizopogon (Boletales), many species of which exhibit strict host specificity to a narrow range of Pinaceae trees and play critical roles in host establishment. Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogeny, here we describe Rhizopogon yakushimensis sp. nov. This new species belongs to a new clade, phylogenetically related to the subgenera Versicolores and Rhizopogon. We also confirmed its ectomycorrhizal association with P. amamiana by comparing rDNA ITS sequences between the sporocarps and ectomycorrhizal root tips.