Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Pinus thunbergii in the eastern coastal pine forests of Korea |
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Authors: | Keisuke Obase Joo Young Cha Jong Kyu Lee Sang Yong Lee Jin Ho Lee Kun Woo Chun |
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Institution: | (1) College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, South Korea;(2) Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Nayoro 096-0071, Japan; |
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Abstract: | We investigated the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal colonization status of Pinus thunbergii mature trees and regenerating seedlings varying in age in coastal pine forests on the east coast of Korea. We established
one 20 × 20-m plot at each of two study sites at P. thunbergii coastal forests in Samcheok. Fifty soil blocks (5 × 5 × 15 cm) were sampled at regular intervals, and ten P. thunbergii seedlings of age 0, 1–3, 3–5, and 5–10 years were sampled in each study plot. In total of 27 ECM fungal taxa, Cenococcum geophilum was dominant, followed by Russula sp., Sebacina sp., and unidentified Cortinuris sp. in mature trees. In 0-year-old seedlings, some fungal species such as Sebacina sp., C. geophilum, and unidentified Cortinarius sp. were dominant whereas only C. geophilum was dominant after 1 year, and there were no apparent succession patterns in ECM fungal compositions beyond a host age of
1 year. Most ECM fungal taxa that had colonized seedlings of each age class were also observed in roots of mature trees in
each site. These taxa accounted for 86.7–100% and 96.4–98.4% of ECM abundance in seedlings and mature trees, respectively.
The results indicate that the species composition of ECM fungal taxa colonizing seedlings of different age in forests is similar
to that of surrounding mature trees. Our results also showed that C. geophilum is a common and dominant ECM fungus in P. thunbergii coastal forests and might play a significant role in their regeneration. |
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