Fungal biomass associated with the phyllosphere of bryophytes and vascular plants

ML Davey, L Nybakken, H Kauserud, M Ohlson - mycological research, 2009 - Elsevier
Little is known about the amount of fungal biomass in the phyllosphere of bryophytes
compared to higher plants. In this study, fungal biomass associated with the phyllosphere of …

Seasonal trends in the biomass and structure of bryophyte‐associated fungal communities explored by 454 pyrosequencing

ML Davey, E Heegaard, R Halvorsen… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bryophytes are a dominant vegetation component of the boreal forest, but little is known
about their associated fungal communities, including seasonal variation within them.• …

Distribution of phyllosphere fungi within the canopy of giant dogwood

T Osono, A Mori - Mycoscience, 2004 - Elsevier
Distribution of phyllosphere fungi within the canopy of giant dogwood (Swida controversa)
was examined. Canopies of two dogwood trees (about 8m height) were divided into five …

Cross‐phytogroup assessment of foliar epiphytic mycobiomes

T Zhu, J Yao, H Liu, CH Zhou, YZ Liu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The foliar surface forms one of the largest aboveground habitats on Earth and maintains
plant‐fungus relationships that greatly affect ecosystem functioning. Despite many studies …

Estimation of fungal biomass in forest litter and soil

P Baldrian, T Větrovský, T Cajthaml, P Dobiášová… - Fungal ecology, 2013 - Elsevier
The contents of fungal biomass markers were analysed in the fruit bodies of dominant
basidiomycetes from an ectomycorrhiza-dominated coniferous forest, and used to estimate …

Fungi originating from tree leaves contribute to fungal diversity of litter in streams

P Koivusaari, MV Tejesvi, M Tolkkinen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Biomass production and decomposition are key processes in ecology, where plants are
primarily responsible for production and microbes act in decomposition. Trees harbor foliar …

Estimation of mycelial biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with the annual legume Kummerowia striata by ergosterol analysis

M Fujiyoshi, T Nakatsubo, S Ogura, T Horikoshi - Ecological Research, 2000 - Springer
The biomass of internal and external mycelia of an arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus,
Gigaspora margarita Becker & Hall, symbiotic with the annual legume, Kummerowia striata …

Bryophyte colonisation in experimental microcosms: the role of nutrients, defoliation and vascular vegetation

E Aude, R Ejrnæs - Oikos, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A three‐year multi‐factorial microcosm experiment simulating fertilisation, defoliation and
the composition of vascular vegetation in a dry grassland succession was used to test four …

Amplicon‐pyrosequencing‐based detection of compositional shifts in bryophyte‐associated fungal communities along an elevation gradient

ML Davey, E Heegaard, R Halvorsen… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although bryophytes are a dominant vegetation component of boreal and alpine
ecosystems, little is known about their associated fungal communities. HPLC assays of …

Plant traits and taxonomy drive host associations in tropical phyllosphere fungal communities

SW Kembel, RC Mueller - Botany, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
The aerial surface of plants, known as the phyllosphere, represents a widespread and
diverse habitat for microbes, but the fungal communities colonizing the surface of leaves are …