Studies on ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete in pine forest on the Lithuania–Poland transboundary region DANUTĖ STANKEVIČIENĖ and JONAS KASPARAVIČIUS Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Botany Žaliųjų Ežerų str. 49, LT-08406 Vilnius, mikods@botanika.lt S t a n k e v i č i e n ė D . , K a s p r a v i č i u s J . : Studies on ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete in pine forest on the Lithuania–Poland transboundary region. Acta Mycol. 42 (1): 59-68, 2007. The diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi and sporocarps abundance were investigated in 2003- 2005 at nine permanent study plots in a 50-year-old pine forest. Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi consist of 53 taxa and the majority of them belonged to the genera Cortinarius, Russula, Amanita and Tricholoma. The most frequent species, whose fruit bodies were found in each study plot, were C. cibarius, L. necator L. rufus, P. involutus, R. aeruginea, T. saponaceum and the most abundant species which made the main part of total sporocarp yield were C. cibarius and P. involutus. The lowest species richness of ectomycorrhizal fungi was in study plots with the densest cover of grasses. Maximum of species over the fruiting period was characteristic for October and for September. It was noticed that some species virtually never occurred together at the same plot (e.g. C. cibarius and H. aurantiaca), meanwhile others occurred together quite frequently (e.g. H. aurantiaca and X. badius). Key words: ectomycorrhizal fungi, species richness, sporocarps abundance, pine forest INTRODUCTION Wild mushrooms are becoming more important as a non-timber forest product and there is a need for more site-specific data on the fungi ecology and factors that influence species diversity and production of sporocarp. Macrofungi especially ec- tomycorrhizal ones are organisms vitally important to the forest ecosystem. Ecto- mycorrhizae (EM) plays a key role in nutrient cycling and energy flow of temperate and boreal forests (S m i t h , R e a d 1997). The best known mycobionts of EM belong to the Basidiomycota. Host specificity plays an important role for the distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Under natural condition wide range of ectomycorrhizal fungi develop ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Pinus sylvestris. P. sylvestris is one of the main components of coniferous forests in Lithuania. Conifer make 58.8 % of Lithuanian woodland territory, 36.4 % of the territory is occupied by P. sylvestris and 22.4 % by Picea abies (N a v a s a i t i s et al. 2003). Variations in fungal species richness, distri- ACTA MYCOLOGICA Vol. 42 (1): 59-68 2007 Dedicated to Professor Alina Skirgiełło on the occasion of her ninety-fifth birthday 60 D. Stankevičienė and J. Kasparavičius bution, and sporocarp abundance among different forest sites have been observed and may be attributed to microclimatic and macroclimatic factors, soil properties, vegetation parameters etc. Forest age has been observed to be an important factor determining the composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi (D i g h t o n , M a s o n 1985; M o l i n a et al. 1992; O h e n o j a 1993; D a h l b e r g et al.1997). We investigated as- semblage structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with 50–years–old P. sylves- tris. The objectives of present study were: 1) to perform inventory of ectomycorrhizal fungus diversity, 2) to examine sporocarp abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi aim- ing to determine dominant species in the investigation territory, 3) to obtain a quan- titative estimate of the relative contributions of dominant ectomycorrhizal species to assemblage structure in 50-years-old P. sylvestris forest situated in Lithuanian– Poland transboundary region. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study site. The study was carried out in permanent study site, situated in Lazdijai district, southern Lithuania (125 – 135 m a.s.l.) (Fig. 1). The mean air temperature was 6.4o C and mean annual precipitation – 550 mm. This territory is located in Lithuanian – Poland transboundary region were access for people is prohibited. This factor is important for obtaining objective investigation data because most of the ectomycorrhizal fungi are edible and intensively collected. Nine study plots (1 – 9) were set in the 50 year-old pine forest of the Cladonio-Pinetum sylvestris Juraszek 1927 association. Area of each study plot was 900 m2 (30x30 m). Dominant tree spe- cies was Pinus sylvestris L. In some locations Betula pendula Roth., Quercus robur L. were intermixed. The shrub layer was predominantly by Juniperus communis L., with Fig. 1. Location of study area- ●. Ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete 61 occasional Q. robur, Frangula alnus Mill., Sorbus aucuparia L. About 80 % of study area was occupied by mosses and lichens (Tab. 1). Dominant species of mosses were Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt., Dicranum polysetum Sw., lichens – Cladonia rang- iferina (L.) Weber ex F. H. Wigg., Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Species compo- sition of fungi was inventoried at each selected forest plot every second or third week during the vegetation period in 2003 – 2005. Investigation started at the beginning of June and lasted until the first snowfall. Identification of specimens was carried out according to M o s e r (1983), S k i r g i e ł ł o (1991, 1998), H a n s e n and K n u d s e n (1992), U r b o n a s (1997, 2001, 2005) using a microscope “Jenaval Carlzeiss Jena”. Voucher specimens of infrequent species found within this study are deposited in the fungal collections of the herbarium of the Institute of Botany (BILAS). Number of fruit bodies collected in each investigation plot was counted. Sporocarps were weighted and biomass of fresh sporocarps (kg/ha) was calculated. Soil analyses. Soil samples for chemical analyses were taken with soil corer of 4.5 cm diameter and 6 cm depth in August of each investigation year. The rep- resentative sample for each research plot was prepared of 18-20 randomly taken sub-samples from each plot. These soil samples were dried and sieved before the following analyses. The concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus was determined photometrically using the photometer “SPEKOL11”, of potassium – applying flame photometer “FLAPHO41”, and the content of humus was ascertained colorimetri- cally (M i n e e v 1989). Soil pHKCL was measured potentiometrically with a glass elec- trode in a 1.0 m KCl suspension. Meteorological data were obtained from the State Meteorological Service. Data analysis was carried out using the software PC-ORD4 (M c C u n e , M e f - f o r d 1999). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Chemical characteristics of soil. Chemical composition of soil directly influences functioning of fungi in the ecosystem. Therefore the concentration of main nutrient elements – N, P, K, humus and soil pH was determined. Analysing obtained data some differences were observed between study plots. The highest concentration of N, K and humus was determined in the 9. investigation plot (Tab. 2). These con- centrations were several times higher comparing to the other study plots. 9. plot is situated in the lowermost position of study area and perhaps this resulted in such a soil composition. The 8. plot distinguished by the lowest concentration of P. Higher Ta b l e 1 Vegetation cover (%) of study plots (evaluation according to Braun-Blanquet method) Vegetation groups Plots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Trees 50 60 60 60 50 50 60 70 60 Shrubs 60 50 10 10 10 10 15 15 20 Herbaceous plants 50 30 10 10 10 10 20 20 40 Mosses, lichens 80 70 80 70 70 70 70 80 80 62 D. Stankevičienė and J. Kasparavičius concentration of this element was determined in the 2. and 7. plots. This is especially important for ectomycorrhizal fungi because concentration of nutrients alters ecto- mycorrhizal formation and community structure (A v i s et al. 2003; S t a n k e v i č i e n ė 2003; Ta r v a i n e n et al. 2003; E d w a r d s et al. 2004; H a r r i n g t o n , M i t c h e l l 2005). Other values were more or les similar comparing them between study plots. Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi and sporocarp abundance. The diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi recorded in 2003-2005 at nine permanent study plots con- sisted of 53 taxa (Tab. 3). Most species belonged to the genus Cortinarius – 12 species (23%) and Russula –10 (18%). Five species were found of Amanita and Tricholoma genera, four Lactarius and three Hebeloma of. Other genera were represented by 1-2 species. Cantharellus cibarius, Lactarius necator, L. rufus, Paxillus involutus, Russula aeruginea and Tricholoma saponaceum were found in each study plot. Ta y l o r (2002) investigating diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in central Sweden in a 50–year-old Pinus sylvestris stand found very similar species richness - 56 species. Species of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes from the investigated pine forest could be distributed into several groups according to the abundance of formed fruit bodies. 22 species formed only small amount of fruit bodies – 10 sporocarps/inves- tigation period. Rarest species, of which only 1 – 2 fruit bodies/investigation time were found, were B. pinophilus, C. causticus, C. bovinus, C. delibutus, C. evernius, H. pusila, L. bicolor, L. vietus, R. claroflava, R. decolorans and T. felleus. Seven spe- cies were the most abundant and formed more than 100 fruit bodies in study plots/ investigation time. It was C. cibarius, P. involutus, Rozites caperata, L. rufus, Hygro- phoropsis aurantiaca, Cortinarius mucosus and R. aeruginea. Those were dominant species in 50-year-old pine forest. Intermediate group was composed of 24 species which formed 11-100 fruit bodies in study area per investigation period. It is known that each forest type has its own dominant mushroom species and that dominants make main biomass of sporocarps and usually determine harvest in different forest types (S k r y a b i n a , S e n n i k o v a 1981). C. cibarius was the most abundant species, its sporocarps made about a half of the total numbers of all collected sporocarps of ectomycorrhizal fungi. P. involutus harvested quite abundantly also. The number of fruit bodies formed by this species made about a quarter and their biomass – about a half of the total amount of fruit bodies. Studies on fungal fruit bodies in mixed Ta b l e 2 Chemical composition of soil (dw) from the study plots Plots N (%) P (%) P2O5 (mg/kg) K (mg/kg) Humus (%) pH (KCL) 1 0,073 0,027 116,8 38,3 3,75 3,82 2 0,039 0,035 150,2 36,1 3,79 3,76 3 0,035 0,027 85,8 27,7 2,94 3,78 4 0,029 0,034 118,4 21,0 2,71 3,73 5 0,079 0,026 100,8 31,2 2,89 3,66 6 0,075 0,029 107,1 26,1 2,91 3,69 7 0,033 0,037 132,7 18,9 2,05 3,82 8 0,058 0,014 49,4 29,3 2,97 3,43 9 0,197 0,028 104,6 81,0 8,02 3,47 Ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete 63 Ta b l e 3 Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi species and sporocarp abundance in study forest Species Species code Sum 1 Mean 2 Maximum 3 S 4 Amanita citrina (Schaeff.) Pers. Amcitr 51 5.7 23 4 A. fulva (Schaeff.) Fr. Amfulv 26 2.9 25 2 A. muscaria (L.) Lam. Ammusc 53 5.9 35 7 A. porphyria Fr. Amporf 28 3.1 12 5 A. rubescens Pers. Amrube 42 4.7 15 7 Boletus edulis Bull. Boledu 18 2 10 5 B. pinophilus Pilát et Dermek Bolpin 2 0.2 1 2 Cantharellus cibarius Fr. Cantc 5526 614 1095 9 Cortinarius alboviolaceus (Pers.) Fr. Cortal 4 0.4 2 2 C. armillatus (Alb. et Schwein.) Fr. Cortam 11 1.2 7 2 C. causticus Fr. Cortca 1 0.1 1 1 C. bolaris (Pers.)Fr. Cortbo 3 0.3 3 1 C. bovinus Fr. Cortbv 1 0.1 1 1 C. cinnamomeus (L.) Fr. Cortci 5 0.6 3 2 C. delibutus Fr. Cortde 2 0.2 2 1 C. evernius (Fr.) Fr. Cortev 2 0.2 2 1 C. mucosus (Bull.) Cooke Cortmu 146 16 45 8 C. salor Fr. Cortso 3 0.3 3 1 C. semisanguineus (Fr.) Gillet Cortse 5 0.6 4 2 C. traganus (Fr.) Fr. Corttr 44 4.9 18 6 Hebeloma crustuliniforme (Bull.) Quél. Hebecr 44 4.9 44 1 H. longicaudum (Pers.) P. Kumm. Hebelo 3 0.3 3 1 H. pussilum J. E. Lange Hebepu 1 0.1 1 1 Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire Hygaur 173 19 65 7 Laccaria bicolor (Maire) P. D. Orton Lacbic 2 0.2 2 1 Lactarius necator (Bull.) Pers. Lactne 96 10.7 30 9 L. rufus (Scop.) Fr. Lactru 392 43.6 104 9 L. torminosus (Schaeff.) Gray Lactto 28 3.1 20 2 L. vietus (Fr.) Lactvi 1 0.1 1 1 Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray Leccsc 19 2.1 7 8 Paxillus involutus (Batsch.) Fr. Paxinv 2475 275 552 9 Rozites caperata (Pers.) P. Karst. Rozcap 405 45 117 7 Russula adusta (Pers.) Fr. Rusadu 24 2.7 20 3 R. aeruginea Fr. Rusaer 99 11 29 9 R. claroflava Grove Ruscla 1 0.1 1 1 R. decolorans (Fr.) Fr. Rusdec 2 0.2 1 2 R. emetica (Schaeff.) Pers. Ruseme 79 8.8 24 7 R. nigricans (Bull.) Fr. Rusnig 3 0.3 2 2 R. rhodopoda Zvára Rusrod 14 1.6 9 5 R. sanguinea (Bull.) Fr. Russan 3 0.3 3 1 R. vesca Fr. Rusves 32 3.6 13 8 R. xerampelina (Schäff. ex Secr.) Fr. Rusxer 4 0.4 4 1 Sarcodon imbricatus (L.) P. Karst. Sarimb 92 10.2 42 5 Suillus bovines (Pers.) Kuntze Suilbo 27 3 14 6 S. variegatus (Sw.) Kuntze Suilva 24 2.7 11 5 Tylopilus felleus (Bull.) P. Karst. Tylofe 1 0.1 1 1 Tricholoma equestre (L.) P. Kumm. Triequ 90 10 27 5 T. pesundatum (Fr.) Quél. Tripes 4 0.4 3 2 T. portentosum (Fr.) Quél Tripo 40 4.4 14 7 T. saponaceum (Fr.) P. Kumm. Trisap 78 8.7 32 9 T. sejunctum (Sowerby) Quél. Trisej 9 1 4 3 Xerocomus badius (Fr.) Kühner Xerbad 85 9.4 40 8 X. subtomentosus (Fr.) Fr. Xersub 34 3.8 19 7 Explanations: 1 – sum of sporocarps collected in all study plots/whole investigation period (2003–2005); 2 – mean of sporocarp number yielded in one plot; 3 – maximum of sporocarps yielded in one plot; 4 – number of plots in which the species yielded. 64 D. Stankevičienė and J. Kasparavičius forest in Switzerland showed that abundance of ectomycorrhizal sporocarps varied over the years of the investigation and ranged from 58 to 5559 per vegetation season (S t r a a t s m a e t a l . 2001). Present studies showed that sporocarp abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi in pine forest in Lithuania over the study period varied from 2487 to 5025 sporocarps per year. A total of 10808 fruit bodies of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes during the three year study period were collected. It made 894 kg (fresh weight)/8100m2 or 1104 kg/ha per investigation time or 368 kg/ha per one vegetation season. According to the sporocarp abundance study plots were distributed into three groups. About 1,500 fruit bodies per investigation period were collected in the richest plots (4, 5, 8). Plots 1 – 3, 6 and 9 took intermediate position and yielded 1000 – 1270 fruit bodies. The least amount, a little over 300 sporocarps was found in the plot 7. It was 3-5 times lower than in the other study plots. As it was mentioned above, C. cibarius was the dominant species in the investigated pine forest. However, amount of fruit bodies of chanterelle in the plot 7 was very low (only 9 fruit bodies/ investigation period) and this determined the minimum total yield of sporocarps in this plot. Meanwhile H. aurantiaca and Xerocomus badius fruited in this plot most abundantly. It is interesting that the reliable positive correlation (r = 0.7) between the abundance of sporocarps of the last-mentioned species and reliable negative corre- lation between C. cibarius and H. aurantiaca (r = -0.70) also C. cibarius and X. badius (r = -0.76) was determined. Analysing distribution of species (these which yielded more than 5 fruit bodies per investigation period) and their frequency in study plots several groups were selected (Fig. 2). It means that is likely to find species which belong to the same group (e.g. C. cibarius, R. vesca, also A.porphyria, S. bovinus etc.) Fig. 2. Groups of ectomycorrhizal fungi species (yielded more than 5 fruit bodies per investi- gation time) which frequently occurred together at the same plot. Ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete 65 in the same area with the similar relative abundance and on the contrary the spe- cies from different groups prefer different growing conditions. These observations were made after only three year field study. Aiming to confirm this relationship the investigation time possibly should be prolonged and at present it can be stated more as a tendency than the strong correlation. A g e r e r et al. (2002) while investigating correlations between ectomycorrhyzae formed by different ectomycorrhizal fungi species noted that some species show no common occurrence within shot distance, however, other indicate rather high values of common occurrence. The reasons of this phenomenon are not quite clear. The chemical composition of soil is an impor- tant factor, because varying demands of different species for soil conditions are ex- pressed. It was determined that changes of different soil ions concentrations (N, P, S, K, Na, pH etc.) influence above- and belowground community structure of ectomy- corrhizal fungi (Ty l e r 1985; A g e r e r 1990; E r l a n d , S ö d e r s t r ö m 1990; F r a n s - s o n et al. 2000; L i l l e s k o v et al. 2002; A g e r e r , G o t l e i n 2003, Ta r v a i n e n et al. 2003; S t a n k e v i č i e n ė , U r b o n a s 2006). In the present studies the plot with the minimum amount of fruit bodies was distinguished by the lowest concentration of K, humus and the highest value of pH (Tab. 2). The lowest species richness (15 species) was determined in the plot 1 which char- acterized by the highest coverage of herbaceous plants (grasses) (50 %) and shrubs (60 %) (Tab. 1). On the other hand, the plots with the maximum species (4. plot – 32 species; 9. – 30; 3. – 29) were characterized by the lower coverage of shrubs (10 %) and grasses (10 %, except plot 9, where coverage of grasses was 40 % and shrubs – 20 %). Fungal species composition seems to be strongly determined by soil chemical properties, vegetation type, structure and age of the forest stand especially in the case of ectomycorrhizal species. Phenology. Fruit bodies were monitored every second or third week between June and October. The start of fruiting varied strongly between the species. The longest period of fruiting was characteristic to C. cibarius and P. involutus. Fruit bod- ies of these species started to growth in June and fruited till the end of the vegetation season. Long fruiting period was characteristic also for L. scabrum, B. edulis, also for some species from genus Amanita, Lactarius, Russula, Xerocomus. Fruit bodies of mentioned fungi started to growth in July or August. Species from genus Corti- narius, Tricholoma, Hebeloma also Sarcodon imbricatus were found from Septem- ber and their fruiting period was relatively short. Maximum species richness was characteristic for September in 2004 and for October in 2003, 2005. The dynamics curve of richness and abundance per vegetation season (June-October) was sinusoid (Fig. 3 A, B). It means that minimum value of species or sporocarps in one period (eg. a month) was compensated by the maximum in the next period and, on the contrary, the maximum was replaced by the minimum values in the following fruit- ing period. The dynamic of the species richness and fruit bodies abundance in 2003 and 2004 demonstrated similarities of these parameters in different fruiting periods. However, comparing appointed values between the three year period, it was noted that the curve of 2005 quite differed from 2003, 2004. 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