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IMC7 Main Congress Theme I: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Posters
602 - Distribution of macrofungi in the forest in Taiwan
J.S.M. Tschen, I.C. Ho, H.S. Hsu & E.F.T. Tschen *
Department of Botany, National Chung Hsing University,
250 Kuokang Road, 402 Taichung, Taiwan. - E-mail:
smtschen@mail.nchu.edu.tw
The distribution of macrofungi at the long-term ecological
research site in the Guandaushi forest in the middle Taiwan
was ecologically studied. Several experimental plots were
set up for the study. The important macrofungi genera were
Mycena, Marasmius, Xylobolus, Trametes, Russula,
Coriolus, Lactarius, Amanita and Stereum. Most of these
macrofungi occurred in July during the summer period. A
lesser amount of macrofungi grew in March during the
winter period. Mycena and Marasmius were the common
macrofungi that occurred both in summer and winter. The
Russula, Coriolus, Lactarius, Amanita, Armillaria,
Fomitopsis, Ganoderma, Microsporus and Rhodophyllus
species were present in the summer period. Xylobolus,
Trametes, Stereum and Peniophora fungi were found in the
winter. The macrofungi distribution in the experimental
plots varied. The occurrence and diversity of the
macrofungi depended upon the type of predominant
vegetation. The plants favorable to macrofungi were
Blastus cochinchinesis, Cinnamomum randaiense, Helicia
rengetiensis, Syzygium buxifolium, Engelhardtia
roxburghiana, Smilax china, Cunninghamia lanceolata,
Nephrolepis ariculata and Plagiogyria dunnii. The
unfavorable plants to fungi were Illicium arborescens and
Diplopterygium chinensis.
603 - South African National Collection of Fungi:
collections and services
E.J. van der Linde, O.M. O'Brien, I.H. Rong * & C. Roux
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag
X134, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
The National Collection of Fungi of South Africa is
internationally accredited and affiliated at the World
Federation of Culture Collections as PPRI (for the living
culture collection) and PREM (for dried reference
material). Both collections contain important type material
and researchers are encouraged to deposit reference
material in these collections to ensure the expansion of this
invaluable national asset to the benefit of the scientific
community. The types contained in PREM are integrated
onto a database. The rest of the almost 57 000 specimens
will shortly be incorporated as well. The list of types is
available electronically. The specimens are available on
loan for a period of six months to researchers nationally
and internationally. About 4500 specimens are contained in
the PPRI collection. This list is also available
electronically. Both collections are managed by the staff of
the Mycology unit of the Plant Protection Research
Institute (ARC-PPRI), an institute of the Agricultural
Research Council. Apart from managing the above
mentioned collections, the unit also provides the following
services: processing of infected material, isolation and
identification of fungi, fungal analyses including testing of
efficacy of fungicides, provision of biological information,
as well as presentation of mycological courses such as
basic laboratory techniques and taxonomy of major groups.
604 - Biodiversity of fungi on reed (Phragmites
australis)
G. Van Ryckegem * & A. Verbeken
Ghent University, Dpt. Biology, Group Mycology, K.L.
Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. - E-mail:
Gunther.vanryckegem@rug.ac.be
Reed is a dominant emergent macrophyte in many wetland
ecosystems all over the world. Fungal communities
associated with this high productive grass are demonstrated
to be taxonomically diverse. A field survey in Belgium
(mainly Schelde estuary) of Fungi occurring on reed during
growth and decomposition results in about 230 taxa of
which 40% Ascomycetes, 10% Basidiomycetes, 30%
Coelomycetes and 20% Hyphomycetes. 1 Basidiomycete
represents a new species, about 13 species (14%) of the
Ascomycetes are undescribed; in the Mitosporic Fungi this
proportion is probably even higher. A compilation of our
research and world literature available on phragmiticole
Fungi leads to the hypothesis that the total number of fungi
occurring on reed will exceed 650 species. This poster
presents results which will be published in a paper on
biodiversity of fungi on reed. This biodiversity study is part
of a broader ecological study concerning succession of
fungal species and a monitoring of ergosterolconcentration
(fungal biomass measure) during decomposition.
605 - Towards a Mediterranean check-list of fungi:
macromycetes from beech woods of Sicily and Greece
G. Venturella 1* , D.M. Dimou 2 , A. Saitta 1 , E. Polemis 3 &
G.I. Zervakis 3
1 Department of Botany, University of Palermo, Via
Archirafi 38, I-90123 Palermo, Italy. - 2 Agricultural
University of Athens, Laboratory of gricultural
Microbiology, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece. -
3 National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institute of
Kalamata, Lakonikis 85, 24100 Kalamata, Greece. - Email:
gvent@unipa.it
The importance to increase the knowledge on
macromycetes diversity in southern Europe has been
repeatedly stressed by the OPTIMA (Organization for the
Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation in the Mediterranean Area)
Commission on Fungi, which considers the check-list of
Mediterranean fungi as its main goal for the near future. In
recent times, in Sicily (South Italy) and Greece many
investigations on fungal diversity and distribution were
carried out. According to recent literature data, 1248 and
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