Studien zur Vergesellschaftung epifoliarer pigmentierter Pilze mit Schwerpunkt in Oberfranken
Z_Myk_2006-02
From 09/2006 to 06/2007Principal Investigator: Gerhard Rambold
Staff: Fabienne Flessa
In a study by Fabienne Flessa and Gerhard Rambold, the communities of dark pigmented epifoliar fungi found on various deciduous tree species around Bayreuth (Upper Franconia, Germany) were compared with those on evergreen plants overwintered in a greenhouse. The fungi were primarily assigned to the genera Aureobasidium, Cladosporium, Alternaria, and Phoma, with most plants hosting more than one fungal genotype or taxon. While no host preference was observed among the fungal taxa, the community composition significantly differed between annual and perennial leaves. The results suggest that the epifoliar fungal community on leaves of deciduous trees in Central Europe represents an early developmental stage of the same community found on older evergreen leaves. The study concludes that the life span of deciduous leaves is too short for the fungal community to reach a steady state.
List of publications of this Project
| Flessa, F; Kehl, A; Kohl, M: Analysing diversity and community structures using PCR-RFLP: a new software application, Molecular Ecology Resources, 13(4), 726–733 (2013), doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12094 -- Details |
| Pietrowski, A; Flessa, F; Rambold, G: Towards an efficient phenotypic classification of fungal cultures from environmental samples using digital imagery, Mycological Progress, 11, 383–393 (2012), doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0753-2 -- Details |
| Flessa, F; Peršoh, D; Rambold, G: Annuality of Central European deciduous tree leaves delimits community development of epifoliar pigmented fungi, Fungal Ecology, 5(5), 554–561 (2012), doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2011.12.005 -- Details |