2025 Ecosystem Transformation 8 (3), 82-98

Fungi of forest litter in experimental plantations of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.)

Kovaleva V.A., Vinogradova Yu.A., Pristova T.A. 

The paper deals with the community of soil fungi of forest litter in experimental plantations of the Krasnozatonsky forestry in the Komi Republic, created in a clear-cut area using an introduced species, i.e. lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.), during the growing season of 2023. The species composition of fungi is shown to include 34 species from 8 genera, 7 orders and 2 divisions, including sterile mycelium. Most species belong to ascomycetes (88.2% of the total species diversity). Representatives of the genus Penicillium dominate by species number, frequency of occurrence and abundance. The litter fungal community is subject to significant seasonal dynamics with the microbial abundance increasing from May (17.1 ± 7.5 × 103 CFU/g) to September (60.9 ± 19.2 × 103 CFU/g) and the number of species increasing from 12 to 25. The biomass of fungi during the growing season ranges from 1.04 ± 0.17 to 7.68 ± 3.31 mg/g. The results obtained can be further used in assessing the impact of forest crops grown with the use of introduced species on the forming forest litter.

V. A. Kovaleva
Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya St. 28, Syktyvkar, 167000 Russia


Yu. A. Vinogradova
Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya St. 28, Syktyvkar, 167000 Russia


T. A. Pristova
Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kommunisticheskaya St. 28, Syktyvkar, 167000 Russia

pristova@ib.komisc.ru

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