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Article

Fungal Community Taxa Differ in Diversity and Number between Live and Dead Prunus serotina Ehrh. Wood in a Protected Forest within Its Secondary Range of Distribution

by
Marlena Baranowska
1,
Robert Korzeniewicz
1,
Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk
1,
Wojciech Kowalkowski
1,
Dariusz Krupiński
2,
Andrzej Purcel
2 and
Adrian Łukowski
1,*
1
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625 Poznan, Poland
2
Wielkopolski National Park, Jeziory, 62-050 Mosina, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2023, 14(7), 1324; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071324
Submission received: 16 May 2023 / Revised: 15 June 2023 / Accepted: 26 June 2023 / Published: 28 June 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungi in Forest Ecosystems: Systematics, Diversity and Ecology)
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Abstract

Prunus serotina is an important invasive plant species in Poland. It was introduced to European forests, even in places currently protected by law, such as national parks. One major factor contributing to the spread of this species is the lack of infecting pathogens and incomplete knowledge about the relationship between the plant and microorganisms. This study aimed to identify fungal communities collected from freshly cut stumps of live and dead black cherry tree specimens growing in a protected forest. The main working hypotheses were as follows: (i) fungal communities inhabiting the wood of dead and living trees will differ in diversity and the number of taxa; and (ii) saprotrophic fungi will dominate in the wood of dead tree stumps. This study applied Illumina sequencing based on the amplification of the fungal ribosomal ITSI region. The average number of sequences (OTU) obtained from the analysis of dead tree wood was 101,758, while that of living trees was 94,150. These sequences belonged to 312 taxa, among which 254 were isolated from the wood of dead trees and 171 from that of living trees. Among the saprotrophs on dead trees, the following species were identified: Stereum rugosum, Ganoderma adspersum, G. applanatum, Peniophora cinerea, and Ascocoryne cylichnium. On the other hand, in the wood of living trees, Cytospora leucostoma and Botrytis cinerea were the most abundant saprotrophic species. The fungal communities inhabiting the wood of dead and living trees differed in the diversity and abundance of taxa, thus confirming our hypothesis. The results of our research conducted in a protected area indicate that black cherry wood can be naturally colonized by many pathogen species that can further limit its expansion.
Keywords: biodiversity; black cherry; fungal communities; saprotrophs; Wielkopolski National Park; invasive species biodiversity; black cherry; fungal communities; saprotrophs; Wielkopolski National Park; invasive species

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Baranowska, M.; Korzeniewicz, R.; Behnke-Borowczyk, J.; Kowalkowski, W.; Krupiński, D.; Purcel, A.; Łukowski, A. Fungal Community Taxa Differ in Diversity and Number between Live and Dead Prunus serotina Ehrh. Wood in a Protected Forest within Its Secondary Range of Distribution. Forests 2023, 14, 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071324

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Baranowska M, Korzeniewicz R, Behnke-Borowczyk J, Kowalkowski W, Krupiński D, Purcel A, Łukowski A. Fungal Community Taxa Differ in Diversity and Number between Live and Dead Prunus serotina Ehrh. Wood in a Protected Forest within Its Secondary Range of Distribution. Forests. 2023; 14(7):1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071324

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Baranowska, Marlena, Robert Korzeniewicz, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Wojciech Kowalkowski, Dariusz Krupiński, Andrzej Purcel, and Adrian Łukowski. 2023. "Fungal Community Taxa Differ in Diversity and Number between Live and Dead Prunus serotina Ehrh. Wood in a Protected Forest within Its Secondary Range of Distribution" Forests 14, no. 7: 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071324

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Baranowska, M., Korzeniewicz, R., Behnke-Borowczyk, J., Kowalkowski, W., Krupiński, D., Purcel, A., & Łukowski, A. (2023). Fungal Community Taxa Differ in Diversity and Number between Live and Dead Prunus serotina Ehrh. Wood in a Protected Forest within Its Secondary Range of Distribution. Forests, 14(7), 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071324

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