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Article

Basidiomycetes Associated with Alnus glutinosa Habitats in Andros Island (Cyclades, Greece)

by
Elias Polemis
,
Vassiliki Fryssouli
,
Vassileios Daskalopoulos
and
Georgios I. Zervakis
*
Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2020, 12(6), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12060232
Submission received: 15 May 2020 / Revised: 5 June 2020 / Accepted: 7 June 2020 / Published: 9 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area)

Abstract

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Alluvial forests dominated by black alder (Alnus glutinosa) are widespread in Europe along river banks and watercourses forming a habitat of renowned ecological/conservation importance. Despite the considerable interest this habitat has attracted in terms of the associated fungal diversity, very few pertinent data are available from the eastern Mediterranean. Andros island (Aegean Sea, Greece) hosts the southernmost population of A. glutinosa in the Balkan Peninsula; such stands have been systematically inventoried for several years in respect to macrofungi. In total, 187 specimens were collected and studied by examining morphoanatomic features and by evaluating (when necessary) the outcome of sequencing the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) to elucidate their identity and obtain an insight into phylogenetic relationships. As a result, 106 species were recorded, 92 are saprotrophic and 14 form ectomycorrhizae (ECM) with alders. Twenty-one species are first national records, while 68 other species are reported for the first time from this habitat in Greece. Several findings of particular interest due to their rarity, ecological preferences and/or taxonomic status are presented in detail and discussed, e.g., six Alnicola taxa, Cortinarius americanus, Lactarius obscuratus, Paxillus olivellus and Russula pumila (among the ECMs), and the saprotrophs Entoloma uranochroum, Gymnopilus arenophilus, Hyphoderma nemorale, Lepiota ochraceofulva, Phanerochaete livescens and Psathyrella hellebosensis.

Graphical Abstract

1. Introduction

Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa Gaertn. and Fraxinus excelsior L. (priority habitat 91E0*; Annex I, Directive 92/43/EEC) are distributed throughout Europe, but they are generally rare and threatened since only remnants exist, mainly in central and northern Europe [1]. Alder stands are considerably less frequent in the Mediterranean region, where the repercussions of changes in the hydrological cycle caused by global warming and climate destabilization are much more evident [2]. The southernmost limit of the priority habitat 91E0* in the Balkan Peninsula is located in Andros island (Figure 1), i.e., the northernmost in the Cyclades and situated at a transition zone between continental Greece and other islands of the Aegean Archipelago. From the geomorphological point of view, it is characterized by a remarkably intense relief and by many rivulets and streams of constant flow, which are unique among most of Central and South Aegean islands. A. glutinosa trees demonstrate a patchy distribution in Andros, predominantly occurring along the main streams within the Site of Community Importance (SCI) GR4220001 and in altitudes ranging from sea level to as high as 850 m above sea level (a.s.l.), very close to the highest peaks of the island. In many cases black alders are mixed with Platanus orientalis L., Fraxinus ornus L. and/or Nerium oleander L. (in lower altitudes), while they also form pure stands, as it is the case at the estuaries of the Vori stream in NE Andros.
Alder trees are known to form symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing actinomycetes of the genus Frankia Brunchorst [3,4], with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM) of Glomeromycota [5,6] and with various ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota [7,8,9]. European alder stands have been relatively well-studied in terms of both macro- and microfungal communities, and approx. 1000 species of saprotrophic and ECM macrofungi were reported [10,11,12,13,14,15]. In addition, mycocoenological studies from Europe and North America suggested that ECM fungi of Alnus spp. exhibit a remarkably high degree of host specificity compared to other tree species [8,16], while the analysis of both sporophores and ectomycorrhizae evidenced that alders have a low number (<50) of ECM symbionts worldwide [17,18,19].
Limited knowledge is available on the diversity of fungi associated with alders in Greece, and only preliminary data are reported in the few pertinent publications [20,21]. On the other hand, Andros is the only island of the Aegean Archipelago where a systematic inventory of macrofungi is in progress for more than 20 years. Biotopes characterized by river banks, springs and alluvial forests, where A. glutinosa is often the dominant tree species, were forayed in the past and 37 mushroom species were reported from this particular habitat in Andros, including ECM symbionts as well as xylotrophic, litter and/or humus saprotrophs [22,23,24]. Among the latter, Entoloma alnicola Noordel. & Polemis was described asnew species for science and it is still known from the type locality only [25].
Since 2017, mycodiversity studies in alder stands of Andros were intensified in the frame of a LIFE Nature project (LIFE16-NAT_GR_000606), which -among others- aims at the conservation and restoration of the priority habitat 91E0* in the island. Hence, during the last few years, new sites with alder stands were repeatedly forayed (in addition to those previously investigated), and a large number of new collections were made. These, together with previously sampled—but still unidentified—specimens, were subjected to detailed morphoanatomical examination in conjunction with sequencing and phylogenetic analyses (where judged necessary) in order to assess their identity. Moreover, in several occasions, past relevant reports on recorded taxa were revised/re-evaluated according to the latest respective taxonomic and phylogenetic concepts. Hence, this work presents an updated compilation of available data on the diversity of macrofungi in a habitat of significant interest occurring at the limits of its distribution in Europe.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Sampling of Biological Material

Data presented in this inventory are based on specimens collected from 10 sampling sites covering almost the entire area of A. glutinosa distribution in Andros island, which appears mainly within (or marginally out) the SCI GR4220001, extending from sea-level to an altitude of ca. 850 m a.s.l. (Figure 2; Table S1).The biological material examined for the purpose of this work was sampled in 38 forays performed during the last 25 years from late October to April; more than half of those (#23) were conducted in the period from 2017 to 2020. In total, 187 specimens found exclusively under alder trees or directly on their wood, woody residues or leaf-litter were collected, and voucher specimens are deposited in the Fungarium of the Laboratory of General and Agricultural University of Athens (ACAM).

2.2. Morpho-Anatomical Features in Basidiomes

The morphological study included in situ recording of macroscopic features of taxonomic interest, while ex-situ examination involved observations of morphoanatomical characters in dried specimens. Sections were mounted and observed in KOH 3–5% (w/v), in Melzer’s reagent, in cotton-blue, in cresyl-blue and in sulfovaniline solution. Observations were performed with the use of a Zeiss AxioImager A2 microscope under bright field and differential interference contrast (DIC); microphotographs were taken with the aid of a mounted digital camera (Axiocam). For all examined specimens a minimum of 30 mature basidiospores were measured and the resulting measurements as well as additional observations of other essential microscopical features (hymenial cystidia, pileipellis etc.) were used for determination of the species examined in accordance to pertinent identification keys and monographs (e.g., [26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36]).

2.3. DNA Extraction, Amplification and Sequencing

When deemed necessary, DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were performed. Total genomic DNA was obtained from dried basidiomes and DNA extraction was performed through the use of the Nucleospin Plant II DNA kit (Macherey and Nagel, Düren, Germany) by following the manufacturer’s protocol. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS; ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2) region within the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene cluster was examined by using the primers ITS1/ITS4 [37]. Polymerase chain reactions (PCR) were performed in 50 μL containing 50 ng DNA template, 0.25 μM of each primer, 0.2 mM of each dNTP, 1 × HiFi Buffer (Takara BIO INC., Shiga, Japan) and 1 U HiFi Taq DNA polymerase (Takara BIO INC., Shiga, Japan). PCR reactions were performed as follows: 94 °C for 5 min, followed by 35 cycles of 94 °C for 30 s, 50 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 1 min, and a final extension at 72 °C for 10 min. PCR products were run in 1% agarose gels and purified using Invitrogen PureLink kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Seoul, S. Korea), and were submitted for sequencing to CeMIA SA (Larissa, Greece). The same PCR primers were used for sequencing. Chromatograms were checked with the aid of BioEdit v. 7.2.5 software [38]. Then sequences were examined against GenBank built-in search tools for obtaining information which could confer at identifying the material under study. A total of 61 validated sequences generated in this work were deposited in GenBank and the accession numbers MT458502 to MT458562 were obtained.

2.4. Phylogenetic Analysis of Sequence Data

A total of 42, 29 and 22 ITS sequences corresponding to selected species of the genera Alnicola Kühner (and Naucoria (Fr.) P. Kumm.), Lactarius Pers. and Paxillus Fr. (including 12, 5 and 4 sequences generated in this work), respectively, were subjected to phylogenetic analysis. In addition, species of the same or other genera were used as outgroups in each case. Multiple sequence alignment of each ITS rDNA dataset was conducted using the Q-INS-I algorithm as implemented in the online version of MAFFT v. 7 [39]. Alignments were reviewed, manually adjusted at misaligned sites and trimmed at the same position through MEGA X [40] before being used for further analysis.
Phylogenetic relationships of taxa for each alignment were inferred by using maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) through the CIPRES web portal (www.phylo.org; Miller et al. 2010). ML analyses were conducted by RAxML BlackBox online server (http://phylobench.vital-it.ch/raxml-bb/) [41] using default parameters and calculating bootstrap statistics according to the program recommendations for the best-scoring ML tree. BI analyses were performed by MrBayes v. 3.2.1 [42]. Τhe best-fit substitution model for each dataset was selected according to the corrected Akaike information criterion (cAIC), as implemented in jModeltest v.2 [43]. The TPM2uf+G, TPM1uf+G and SYM+G models were selected for the Alnicola, Lactarius and Paxillus datasets, respectively. To estimate posterior probabilities, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation was implemented in two parallel independent runs of four chains, one cold and three heated, with trees sampled every 1000 generations until the standard deviation of split frequencies is below 0.05; the first 25% of trees were omitted as burn-in. A 50% majority rule consensus tree was built and visualized with iTOL [44]. Clades with ML bootstrap support (MLB) ≥ 65% and Bayesian posterior probability (BPP) ≥ 95% were considered as significantly supported.

3. Results and Discussion

The study of 187 specimens of macrofungi associated with the A. glutinosa priority habitat in Andros led to the identification of 106 species (74 genera) of basidiomycetes. Among them, 14 (13%) are ECM species (Table 1) strictly associated with alders [18,19]. The other 92 (87%) are saprotrophic; 70 (66%) saproxylic and 22 (21%) saprotrophic on soil, humus or leaf-litter (Table 2). Interestingly, 10 ECM and 11 saprotrophic species are first national records, while other 68 are reported for the first time from this habitat in Greece. Identification of specimens to species was performed by examining their morphoanatomic features and by evaluating (when necessary) the outcome of ITS sequencing and phylogenetic analysis; in the latter case, the respective GenBank accession numbers are provided (Table 1 and Table 2). Selected findings of particular interest are presented (and discussed) by providing brief descriptions and comments on characters of potentially diagnostic value.

3.1. The ECM Element

Among the ECM macrofungi recorded (Table 1), the genus Alnicola is represented by six species (Figure 3); five of them form part of the sect. Alnicola sensu Moreau [45], which is characterized by urticoid cheilocystidia, and one of the sect. Submelinoideae Singer with clavate or capitate cheilocystidia [46].
Different opinions exist regarding the genus name in pertinent literature since some European authors as well as the Index Fungorum prefer to conserve the name Naucoria (Fr.) P. Kumm., whereas Moreau, in his nomenclatural revision, rejected this name in favour of Alnicola Kühner [45]; the latter approach is accepted by other European mycologists, the Mycobank, and is also adopted in this work. Moreover, the taxonomy of species of the sect. Alnicola remains problematic and, consequently, a phylogenetic analysis was performed to deal with this issue.
The most often found Alnicola species in our study were A. umbrina (R. Maire) Kühner and A. escharoides (Fr.) Romagn., i.e., two of the most common taxa associated with alders in Europe; both constitute new national records for Greece. Particularly A. escharoides (syn. A. citrinella Moreau & A. de Haan [47]) is distinguished from all other (more or less brownish) species found in Andros by its pale yellowish-buff non striate pileus, the amygdaliform to navicular spores, with prominent ornamentation, measuring 9.9–11.8 × 5.3–5.9 μm, Q = 1.9–2.1 (Figure 3a–c). Following phylogenetic analysis, our specimens are positioned in a distinct group (albeit not adequately supported) together with other sequences from material identified as A. escharoides and A. citrinella (Figure 4).
On the other hand, A. umbrina (Figure 3d–f) is hereby considered as a species complex following the nomenclatural concept of Moreau [45] and the outcome of the phylogenetic study by Rochet et al. [19]. According to our observations, A. umbrina shows a rather large morphological variability with dark brown hygrophanous pilei bearing prominent striations up to their centre when wet, becoming much lighter and indistinctly striate only at margin when dry. Basidiospores are variable in size and shape, often somewhat elongated fusiform, weakly to moderately verrucose, measuring 10.7–13.6 × 5.2–6.1 μm, Q = 1.9–2.4. Sequences generated in this work clustered together with material identified as A. umbrina, N. scolecina (Fr.) Quél., A. striatula (P.D. Orton) Romagn. and A. subconspersa (Kühner ex P.D. Orton) Bon into a group that was not adequately supported (Figure 4). However, the morphological features of specimens identified as N. scolecina in Europe are very similar to descriptions of A. umbrina [22,33,48,49]. Therefore, N. scolecina and A. umbrina form part of the same complex and the question whether they constitute different entities or not remains open and in need of further research.
One collection representing another closely related taxon, previously reported as N. striatula P.D. Orton (Figure 3g–i) from alder stands in Andros [22], derived from the same site during our recent forays. According to Moreau (2005), A. striatula might merely correspond to a pale form of A. umbrina, but our morphological studies revealed some noteworthy differences when compared to specimens hereby named A. umbrina, i.e., pileus always very prominently striate, smooth and shiny, and (most importantly) significantly smaller basidiospores measuring 8.2–10.0 × 4.5–5.6 μm, Q = 1.7–1.9; these features are in accordance to previous descriptions of N. striatula [33,48,50]. As evidenced from our phylogenetic analysis (Figure 4), this particular collection forms part of the A. umbrina complex (together with the other two A. striatula sequences included in the tree) by using ITS alone; however, since it is morphologically distinct and fits to the widely accepted taxonomic concept of A. striatula, we provisionally retain it in this inventory as a separate taxon, until a future multigene approach shows otherwise.
A similar looking species to A. umbrina—but less common in Andros—is A. subconspersa (Figure 3j–l). The most prominent distinguishing features versus our A. umbrina specimens are the non (or very faintly) striate pileus as well as the size and shape of spores, being wider, amygdaliform to navicular and more prominently ornamented, measuring 10.9–12.9 × 6.0–6.8 μm, Q = 1.7–2.0. It is noteworthy that A. subconspersa forms a well-supported phylogenetic group including sequences labelled as A. scolecina (Fr.) Romagn. (Figure 4), which is indicative of the morphological affinity of these taxa that had apparently led to the development of ambiguous species concepts.
Another collection representing a member of the sect. Alnicola was recorded in the alluvial littoral forest of Vori; it corresponds to A. luteolofibrillosa Kühner and constitutes the first report of this species in Greece (Figure 3m–o). It is morphologically characterized by non-striate, pale buff, fibrillose to tomentose pilei, with abundant whitish veil remnants on stipe and pileal margin; the respective sequence falls within a highly-supported terminal subgroup corresponding to this species (Figure 4). Lastly, A. inculta (Peck) Singer (Figure 3p–s) was recorded only at Zenio (i.e., the site with the highest altitude among those of this study, 850 m) and is reported for the first time in Greece. It forms part of the sect. Submelinoideae, and, according to Moreau [45] is conspecific to the taxon widely referred as N. celluloderma P.D. Orton, as it is also evidenced by our phylogenetic analysis (Figure 4). Morphologically, this species is easily distinguished from all aforementioned taxa thanks to the clavate to capitate cheilocystidia characterizing members of sect. Submelinoideae and the 2-spored basidia.
The most common ECM mushroom in alder stands of Andros belongs to the genus Paxillus; it was the first recorded Alnus-specific symbiont in the island 25 years ago, and was later repeatedly found in this particular habitat (Figure 5a–d). It was initially identified as P. rubicundulus P.D. Orton [22]; however, sequencing of recent collections revealed that it forms part of the newly described taxon P. olivellus Moreau P-A, Chaumeton J-P, Gryta H, Jargeat P [51]. Although clearly separated by molecular approaches, P. olivellus can be hardly distinguished from P. rubicundulus and P. adelphus Chaumeton JP, Gryta H, Jargeat P, Moreau P-A on the basis of morphology alone, i.e., only by the olivaceous tinges of the young basidiomes and the basidiospores shape, which are ovoid to ellipsoid in P. olivellus, cylindrical in P. rubicundulus and short cylindrical in P. adelphus [51]. Such features were observed in our specimens since olivaceous tints were always evident in young basidiomes, and spores were ovoid to ellipsoid measuring 6.7–8.1× 4.5–5.2 μm, Q = 1.39–1.66. In addition, ITS sequences from our material originating from various sites in the habitat under study were very similar or identical to those corresponding to P. olivellus (including the type), and formed a terminal subgroup with high support (Figure 6). Therefore, this particular species seems to be the only representative of the genus Paxillus in the black alder stands of Andros island.
Lactarius obscuratus (Lasch) Fr. is one the few Alnus-specific ECM symbionts of this particular genus; it was found in several inland collection sites dominated by A. glutinosa, but not in the alluvial (littoral) forest of Vori (Figure 5e–g). Phylogenetic analysis of our sequences derived from several collections confirmed that they belong to this particular species (Figure 7). However, the respective terminal subgroup in our phylogenetic tree is composed from sequences named either L. obscuratus or L. cyathuliformis Bon, which is due to the different interpretations existing about this taxon (J. Nuytinck, pers. comm.). In the study of Rochet et al. [19], it is referred as L. cyathuliformis, whereas the correct name for the same group is L. obscuratus according to Wisitrassameewong et al. [52]. Since the basidiospores average size in our collections (measuring 7.6–8.5 × 6.1–6.3 μm) is in agreement with the concept of L. obscuratus (sensu Heilmann-Clausen et al. [31]; according to the same authors, spores of L. cyathuliformis have an average size of 8.3–9.9 × 7.0–7.7 μm), we adopt this name for the specimens included in this work. The genus Russula Pers. is represented by R. pumila Rouzeau & F. Massart (Figure 5h–j) detected in one site only (Vourkoti). Although R. pumila is synonymous to R. alnetorum Romagn. according to both Index Fungorum and Mycobank, there are different opinions about the synonymy of these two taxa and to the best of our knowledge this issue has not been resolved yet (S. Adamcik, pers. comm.). R. pumila is reported to occur mainly in lowlands with A. glutinosa, as opposed to R. alnetorum, which is mostly recorded in subalpine habitats with A. viridis [53,54]; therefore, we adopt the use of the former name.
Tomentella sublilacina (Ellis & Holw.) Wakef. and T. stuposa (Link) Stalpers were previously recorded in Andros (in the alluvial alder forest of Vori; [20]) and identified on the basis of their morphology. These names are provisionally retained here due to the absence of precise taxonomic information concerning alder-specific Tomentella species. It should be noted that the ITS sequences generated in the frame of this work represent phylogenetically distinct taxa corresponding to entities named “aff. sublilacina” and “aff. stuposa” in previous studies referring to material originating from alder hosts only [18,55].
It is noteworthy that the first ever report of an alniphilous Cortinarius species in Greece derives from a single collection of C. americanus A.H. Sm. (Figure 5k), which forms part of a small group of species within the subgenus Telamonia (Fr.) Trog known to be associated with A. glutinosa and A. incana in Europe [33,56]. C. americanus is characterized by the minute size, pileus not exceeding 2 cm in diameter, with dark violet to blackish colour, and spores smaller than 10 × 6 μm [33,56]; our collection has spores measuring 7.6–8.4 × 4.9–5.6 μm.
Last, Inocybe calospora Quél., recorded for the first time in Greece, was collected in Vourkoti only; it is an easily identified species thanks to its unique star-shaped spiny spores (Figure 5). Among all ECM species included in this inventory it is the only one which is not considered to be exclusively associated with alders, and reported from diverse damp deciduous forests of Europe [33,56].

3.2. The Saproxylic Element

By far the highest number of species recorded in this inventory correspond to white-rot and brown-rot basidiomycetes found on various wood parts of A. glutinosa (Table 2). This is quite anticipated since alder trees have a life-span which rarely exceeds 100 years; therefore, they produce large amounts of dead wood. Moreover, in contrast to ECM species, wood-rotting fungi do not show any specificity to alders, with only few exceptions including the common in northern Europe plant-pathogenic polypore Inonotus radiatus (Sowerby) P. Karst. [15,57,58,59,60], which, however, was not among our findings. Most of the recorded species are wood rotting basidiomycetes that are quite common throughout Europe on deciduous tree species including alders [13,61,62]. The best represented genera of saproxylic fungi were Hyphoderma Wallr. (three spp.), Mycena (Pers.) Roussel (four spp.), Pluteus Fr. (four spp.) and Psathyrella (Fr.) Quél. (four spp. on woody residues or buried wood). In total, seven species recorded on dead wood or bark of living alder trees are recorded for the first time in Greece and are presented in more detail below.
Among corticioid basidiomycetes, Hyphoderma nemorale K.H. Larss. is a distinct, widely distributed but rare species in Europe [35], which was identified by re-examining an old collection from Vori alluvial forest and further confirmed by ITS sequencing. The presence of thick-walled subicular hyphae and of two types of hymenial cystidia (i.e., short ventricose and subcapitate, and more seldom long tubular with characteristic constrictions, sometimes moniliform, which was the case in our specimen) are the main diagnostic features of this species [63]. Hyphodermella corrugata (Fr.) J. Erikss. & Ryvarden (Figure 8a) is fairly common and widespread in Europe [35]. It is easily identified thanks to its characteristic cystidioid hyphal ends appearing in bundles that are heavily incrusted [24]. Phanerochaete livescens (P. Karst.) Volobuev & Spirin (Figure 8b) is a species closely related to Ph. sordida (P. Karst.) J. Erikss. & Ryvarden which was recently described by using both morphological and phylogenetic criteria [64]. In accordance to the pertinent description, our specimens possessed cystidia with thickened walls to the acute apex, densely covered by crystals, as opposed to the accidentally encrusted, obtuse and thin-walled towards the apex cystidia of Ph. sordida. Moreover, the identity of our specimen was confirmed by the respective ITS sequence which was identical to those of Ph. livescens as determined by Volobuev et al. [64].
Among the agaricoid wood-inhabiting fungi, the genus Pluteus Fr. is hereby represented by four species, of which P. podospileus Sacc. & Cub. (Figure 8c) is reported for the first time in Greece. It belongs to the sect. Celluloderma Fay. subsection Mixtini Sing. ex Sing, and possesses a pileipellis made up of both fusiform and broadly clavate elements. P. thomsonii (Berk. & Broome) Dennis is very similar morphologically but it differs in the absence of pleurocystidia and the shape of cheilocystidia, which are characteristically rostrate [65]. The record of Delicatula integrella (Pers.) Rat. (Figure 8d) is worth mentioning since it was reported only once before in Greece, in the content of a regional field-guide [66]. D. integrella forms whitish-mycenoid mushrooms of minute size with pileus diameter measuring (in our specimens) 0.4–0.6 cm, reduced, almost vein-like lamellae and non-amyloid, amygdaliform-fusoid spores. It is considered widespread and common in Europe and N. America, and grows on decaying wood and wood debris of deciduous trees [34]. Coprinopsis melanthina (Fr.) Örstadius & E. Larss. (Figure 8e) is a striking-looking psathyrelloid species, easily identified due to the relatively large basidiomes with wooly to squamulose pileus (measuring 2–6 cm in diam.) and stipe (up to 6.0 × 0.8 cm), absence of pleurocystidia, almost colourless basidiospores, devoid of germ-pore, measuring 9.8–11.8(13.5) × 5.6–6.5 μm in our collections. This is a rather uncommon European species growing on and around rotten stumps in humid deciduous forests [33]; the only other record of this species in Greece derives from Crete (G. Konstandinidis, pers. comm.).
Gymnopilus arenophilus A. Ortega & Esteve-Rav. (Figure 8f) was described from continental areas of Spain [67] and from maritime dunes in France, under or near Mediterranean pines, on sandy soil by being attached to wood debris or wood, often burnt or buried in the sand [68]. Two of our collections from the alluvial A. glutinosa habitat at Lefka were sequenced and found to correspond to this species. Apparently, no native pines exist in Andros while both specimens were growing on rotten alder stumps, a fact that largely expands the so far known ecological and geographical range of this Mediterranean species. Morphologically, our specimens possessed features that fit well to the taxonomic concept of G. arenophilus i.e., smooth to fibrillose pileal surface, bitter taste, ellipsoid to subamygdaliform, moderately verrucose spores, measuring 8–10 × 5.5–6.5 μm, lageniform cheilocysidia often with subcapitate apex, 25–45 × 5–8 μm and absence of pleurocystidia. On the other hand, the size of basidiomes was significantly larger, with pilei up to 10 cm in diam. and a sturdy stipe often thicker than 1 cm. One previous collection of ours also found on rotten alder stump, and originally identified as G. picreus (Pers.) P. Karst. [22], is now re-assessed as G. arenophilus.
Hydropus floccipes (Fr.) Singer (Figure 8g) is a rare mycenoid species generally found to grow on decayed trunks of deciduous trees in damp forests, and is characterized by non-amyloid, subglobose spores, not blackening basidiomes, and typically scabrous stipe with grey-brown spots [33,69]. In addition, our specimens possessed yellowish stipe, previously reported for H. floccipes var. luteipes Ortega & Zea described from Spain [70]; the latter is otherwise microscopically identical and of unknown phylogenetic status. Two unpublished reports of H. floccipes exist from Greece (D. Sofronis and G. Konstandinidis, pers. comm.).

3.3. Litter and Other Terrestrial Decomposers

Apart ECM and saproxylic fungi, several other mushroom species were recorded under black alder trees, and therefore constitute a part of the fungal diversity of the A. glutinosa priority habitat in Andros. Needless to say, none of these species is specifically linked to alders; instead they are considered ‘generalists’ to be found in both deciduous and coniferous forests. Among them, the following four species are recorded for the first time in Greece. Lepiota ochraceofulva P.D. Orton (Figure 8h) is a rather rare (but widespread) species in Europe, reported from Fagus and other deciduous trees on humus-rich, loamy soil [71,72]; it forms highly toxic mushrooms containing amanitins. Our single collection consisted of few basidiomes growing on a thick layer of leaf-litter under A. glutinosa. They are characterized by pilei of up to 7 cm in diam., with orange-brown scales; lamellae forming a distinct collarium and reddish-orange in maturity; spores ellipsoid to oblong, dextrinoid, not metachromatic in cresyl-blue, measuring 5.4–7.5(8.1) × 3.5–4(4.5) μm; basidia (2)4-spored, clamped; cheilocystidia short clavate to cylindrical, rarely papilate, often in chains; pileipellis, a hymeniderm, composed of more or less clavate elements up to 50 μm long.
Lepista ovispora (J.E. Lange) Gulden (Figure 8i) is an uncommon (albeit widespread) European species recorded only once during this study on leaf litter under alders. Typical diagnostic features are the densely caespitose habit, the relatively fleshy basidiomes, the brown hygrophanous pileus with pruinose surface [73]. In addition, our specimens possessed spores ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, finely punctate, 4.7–6.8 × 3.8–4.4 μm, clamped basidia and no cystidia. Psathyrella hellebosensis D. Deschuyteneer, A. Melzer (Figure 8j) was recently described from Belgium [74] and was later reported from riparian alder habitats in Italy [75]. The morphological features of our collection are in agreement with the morphology of Belgian and Italian basidiomes, but since it corresponds to a rarely reported species, a detailed description of our material is hereby provided: pileus up to 3 cm in diam., hygrophanous from dark reddish-brown to greyish-beige, with scanty remains of veil; lamellae subdistant with whitish edge; stipe 2–4 × 0.2–0.3 cm, not rooting; spores 7.3–8.7 × 4.5–5.7 μm, Q = 1.43–1.73, ovoid to angular in face-view and not or weakly phaseoliform in side-view, not opaque; lamellae edge sterile composed exclusively of sphaeropendunculate paracystidia (no pleurocystidioid paracystidia were observed); pleurocystidia 34–48 × 11–17 μm, utriform. The material was collected from wet soil by the alluvial stream banks. This species shows high phylogenetic affinity to P. thujina A. H. Sm. by using ITS sequences only; however, it is clearly separated when the tef-1α marker is added in the phylogenetic analysis, while it is also distinguished by its distinctly larger and prominently phaseoliform spores [75].
Previous studies on the mycodiversity of Andros island reported the occurrence of four Entoloma species, one of them was new to science, i.e., E. alnicola Noordel. & Polemis [22,25]. Our recent field work resulted in other interesting collections of Entoloma spp. for which the identity and phylogenetic relationships to closely allied taxa are still under investigation. However, by using morphology alone, the presence of a rare European species was confirmed, namely E. uranochroum Hauskn. & Noordel. (Figure 8k) recorded for the first time in an alder habitat. This beautiful dark blue-violet mushroom was so far reported from subalpine meadows on calcareous soil in Austria (type locality) and the French Alps. Moreover, its striking microscopical features, e.g., the large fusiform cheilocystidida with granular yellowish-brown content, place it in the distinct section Ramphocystotae (Largent) Noordel., together with only one other European representative, namely E. rhynchocystidiatum Noordel. & Liiv [76].

4. Conclusions

A long-term study of the diversity of macrofungi in alder stands of Andros resulted in an inventory consisting of 106 species of basidiomycetes, including 21 taxa recorded for the first time in Greece. The majority of findings corresponded to saprotrophs (#92, mainly wood-rotting fungi) and the rest were ECM species. Considering the limited size of the area under study in a small Aegean island, the outcome of this work in terms of the number of taxa and variability is indicative of the wealth of the A. glutinosa priority habitat. However, the black alder stands in Andros have suffered considerably from floods in the past (as a consequence of fires that destroyed vegetation in the surrounding mountains which acted as a physical barrier protecting from downhill water runoffs) and their regeneration is hindered due to grazing by feral goats. The importance of fungi in the conservation/restoration of such natural habitats was demonstrated in the past [77,78], and recent activities focus at improving the status of the degenerated alder stands by exploiting indigenous ECM fungi as inoculants to young alder seedlings prior to their transplantation on site. Moreover, new knowledge about mushroom diversity and the ecological role of this group of organisms seems to enhance considerably people’s perception and awareness, and hence facilitates implementation of conservations actions which are currently under way in selected alder stands of Andros.

Supplementary Materials

The following is available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/6/232/s1, Table S1: Details of the 10 sampling sites in Andros island from where basidiomes were collected: locality name, coordinates, altitude (m a.s.l.) and surface of the study area (m2).

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, E.P. and G.Z.; methodology, E.P., G.I.Z., V.D. and V.F.; validation, E.P., V.D. and V.F.; formal analysis, E.P., G.I.Z. and V.F.; investigation, E.P., G.I.Z., V.D. and V.F.; data curation, E.P., G.I.Z. and V.F.; writing—original draft preparation, E.P.; writing—final draft, G.I.Z.; review and editing—final draft, E.P., G.I.Z., V.D. and V.F.; supervision, G.I.Z.; project administration, G.I.Z.; and funding acquisition, G.I.Z. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This study was funded by the project titled “Conservation of priority species and habitats of Andros Island protected area integrating socioeconomic considerations” (European Commission – LIFE-Nature, LIFE16 NAT/GR/000606).

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank V. Goritsas for the preparation of the map figures included in this work, and S. Adamcik, B. Dima, M. Noordeloos and J. Nuytinck for helpful discussions on some of the findings of this study.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Map presenting Natura 2000 sites, which include the priority habitat 91E0* in continental Europe (in green) and in islands (in blue); Andros island is indicated by the red arrow. Data from https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-6.
Figure 1. Map presenting Natura 2000 sites, which include the priority habitat 91E0* in continental Europe (in green) and in islands (in blue); Andros island is indicated by the red arrow. Data from https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-6.
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Figure 2. Sampling sites (in yellow marking) in the Alnus glutinosa habitat and relative position/size of the area under investigation within Andros island (map in upper right corner).
Figure 2. Sampling sites (in yellow marking) in the Alnus glutinosa habitat and relative position/size of the area under investigation within Andros island (map in upper right corner).
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Figure 3. Species of the genus Alnicola recorded in Andros alder stands: A. escharoides basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (ac); A. umbrina basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (df); A. striatula basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (gi); A. subconspersa basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (jl); A. luteolofibrillosa basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (mo); A. inculta basidiomes, basidiospores, basidia and cheilocystidia (ps). Bars: basidiomes, 1 mm; basidiospores and basidia, 10 μm; cheilocystidia, 20 μm.
Figure 3. Species of the genus Alnicola recorded in Andros alder stands: A. escharoides basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (ac); A. umbrina basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (df); A. striatula basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (gi); A. subconspersa basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (jl); A. luteolofibrillosa basidiomes, basidiospores and cheilocystidia (mo); A. inculta basidiomes, basidiospores, basidia and cheilocystidia (ps). Bars: basidiomes, 1 mm; basidiospores and basidia, 10 μm; cheilocystidia, 20 μm.
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Figure 4. Phylogeny of Alnicola species derived from rDNA ITS sequences through ML analysis. Branches are labelled when MLB > 65% and BPP > 0.95. Hebeloma species (H. louiseae, H. pallidolabiatum, H. crustuliniforme) were used as outgroups. Boxes include sequences from specimens recorded in the Alnus glutinosa habitat.
Figure 4. Phylogeny of Alnicola species derived from rDNA ITS sequences through ML analysis. Branches are labelled when MLB > 65% and BPP > 0.95. Hebeloma species (H. louiseae, H. pallidolabiatum, H. crustuliniforme) were used as outgroups. Boxes include sequences from specimens recorded in the Alnus glutinosa habitat.
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Figure 5. Alder-associated ECM fungi recorded in Andros: Paxillus olivellus basidiomes (a; bar 1 mm), basidiospores (b; bar 10 μm), section of lamella (c; bar 20 μm), hymenial cystidium and basidia (d; bar 20 μm); Lactarius obscuratus basidiomes (e, bar 1 mm), basidiospores (f, bar 10 μm), pileipellis (g, bar 20 μm); Russula pumila basidiomes (h, bar 1 mm), basidiospores (i, bar 10 μm), pileipellis (j, bar 20 μm); Cortinarius americanus basidiomes (k, bar 1 mm); Inocybe calospora basidiospores, basidium and pleurocystidium (l, bar 10 μm).
Figure 5. Alder-associated ECM fungi recorded in Andros: Paxillus olivellus basidiomes (a; bar 1 mm), basidiospores (b; bar 10 μm), section of lamella (c; bar 20 μm), hymenial cystidium and basidia (d; bar 20 μm); Lactarius obscuratus basidiomes (e, bar 1 mm), basidiospores (f, bar 10 μm), pileipellis (g, bar 20 μm); Russula pumila basidiomes (h, bar 1 mm), basidiospores (i, bar 10 μm), pileipellis (j, bar 20 μm); Cortinarius americanus basidiomes (k, bar 1 mm); Inocybe calospora basidiospores, basidium and pleurocystidium (l, bar 10 μm).
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Figure 6. Phylogeny of Paxillus species derived from rDNA ITS sequences through ML analysis. Branches are labelled when MLB > 65%, and BPP > 0.95. P. cuprinus and P. obscurosporus were used as outgroups. The coloured box includes sequences from specimens recorded in the Alnus glutinosa habitat.
Figure 6. Phylogeny of Paxillus species derived from rDNA ITS sequences through ML analysis. Branches are labelled when MLB > 65%, and BPP > 0.95. P. cuprinus and P. obscurosporus were used as outgroups. The coloured box includes sequences from specimens recorded in the Alnus glutinosa habitat.
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Figure 7. Phylogeny of Lactarius species derived from rDNA ITS sequences through ML analysis. Branches are labelled when MLB > 65%, and BPP > 0.95. L. torminosus, L. scrobiculatus and L. pseudoscrobiculatus were used as outgroup. The colored box includes sequences from specimens recorded in the Alnus glutinosa habitat.
Figure 7. Phylogeny of Lactarius species derived from rDNA ITS sequences through ML analysis. Branches are labelled when MLB > 65%, and BPP > 0.95. L. torminosus, L. scrobiculatus and L. pseudoscrobiculatus were used as outgroup. The colored box includes sequences from specimens recorded in the Alnus glutinosa habitat.
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Figure 8. Saproxylic species recorded on Alnus glutinosa wood and litter in Andros: Hyphodermella corrugata (a) Phanerochaete livescens (b) Pluteus podospileus (c) Delicatula integrella (d) Coprinopsis melanthina (e) Gymnopilus arenophilus (f) Hydropus floccipes (g) Lepiota ochraceofulva (h) Lepista ovispora (i) Psathyrella hellebosensis (j) Entoloma uranochroum (k) Bar: 1 mm.
Figure 8. Saproxylic species recorded on Alnus glutinosa wood and litter in Andros: Hyphodermella corrugata (a) Phanerochaete livescens (b) Pluteus podospileus (c) Delicatula integrella (d) Coprinopsis melanthina (e) Gymnopilus arenophilus (f) Hydropus floccipes (g) Lepiota ochraceofulva (h) Lepista ovispora (i) Psathyrella hellebosensis (j) Entoloma uranochroum (k) Bar: 1 mm.
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Table 1. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi identified during the study: species name, specimen code/collection date, locality and GenBank accession numbers for ITS sequences generated. First national records for Greece are indicated by an asterisk (*) before the species name.
Table 1. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi identified during the study: species name, specimen code/collection date, locality and GenBank accession numbers for ITS sequences generated. First national records for Greece are indicated by an asterisk (*) before the species name.
a/aSpecies NameSpecimen Code/Collection DateLocalityGenBank
Accession No.
1*Alnicola escharoides
(Fr.) Romagn.
EP.17-A1344/11-Nov-2017Zenio
EP.17-A1420/24-Nov-2017Vori
EP.18-A1548/22-Feb-2018VoriMT458538
EP.18-A1561/1-Nov-2018ZenioMT458539
EP.18-A1571/2-Nov-2018VourkotiMT458540
EP.19-A1636/16 Nov 2019Katakalaioi
2*Alnicola inculta
(Peck) Singer
EP.17-A1346/11 Nov 2017ZenioMT458541
3*Alnicola luteolofibrillosa
Kühner
EP.17-A1430/24-Nov-2017VoriMT458542
4*Alnicola subconspersa
(Kühner ex P.D. Orton) Bon
EP.17-A1421/24-Nov-2017VoriMT458543
EP.19-A1637/16-Nov-2019KatakalaioiMT458544
5Alnicola striatula
(P.D. Orton) Romagn.
EP.04-A679/15-Nov-2004Evrousies
EP.19-A1614/14-Nov-2019EvrousiesMT458545
6*Alnicola umbrina
(R. Maire) Kühner
EP.04-A678/15-Nov-2004Evrousies
EP.17-A1377/2-Nov-2017LezinaMT458546
EP.18-A1572/2-Nov-2018VourkotiMT458547
EP.19-A1607/12 Nov 2019ZenioMT458548
EP.19-A1638/16-Nov-2019Katakalaioi
EP.19-A1646/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.
EP.19-A1666/2-Dec-2019RemataMT458549
7*Cortinarius americanus
A.H. Sm.
EP.19-A1622/15-Nov-2019Vourkoti
8Gyrodon lividus
(Bull.) Sacc.
EP.14-A1263/1-Nov-2014Vori
EP.17-A1428/24-Nov-2017Vori
9*Inocybe calospora
Quél.
EP.18-A1570/2-Nov-2018VourkotiMT458550
10*Lactarius obscuratus
(Lasch) Fr.
EP.17-A1347/11-Oct-2017ZenioMT458551
EP.17-A1566/1-Nov-2018ZenioMT458552
EP.17-A1576/2-Nov-2018VourkotiMT458553
EP.19-A1645/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.MT458554
EP.19-A1664/30-Nov-2019RemataMT458555
11*Paxillus olivellus
P.-A. Moreau, J.-P. Chaumeton, Gryta & Jarge
EP.95-A028/13-Nov-1995Achlas riv.
EP.02-A353/22-Sep-2002Evrousies
EP.04-A670/23-Oct-2004Remata
EP.04-A673/24-Oct-2004Achlas riv.
EP.14-A1266/1-Nov-2014Vori
EP.17-A1348/11-Nov-2017ZenioMT458556
EP.17-A1396/23-Nov-2017EvrousiesMT458557
EP.17-A1426/24-Nov-2017VoriMT458558
EP.18-A1552/22-Feb-2018VoriMT458559
EP.18-A1583/2-Nov-2018Vourkoti
EP.19-A1628/16-Nov-2019Katakalaioi
12*Russula pumila
Rouzeau & F. Massart
EP.18-A1575/2-Nov-2018VourkotiMT458560
13Tomentella stuposa
(Link) Stalpers
EP.02-A327/29-Apr-2002VoriMT458561
14Tomentella sublilacina
(Ellis & Holw.) Wakef.
EP.02-A452/11-Oct-2002Achlas riv.
EP.17-A1437/24-Nov-2017VoriMT458562
Table 2. Saprotrophic basidiomycetes identified during the study: species name, specimen code/collection date, locality, type of substrate and GenBank accession numbers for ITS sequences generated. First national records for Greece are indicated by an asterisk (*) before the species name.
Table 2. Saprotrophic basidiomycetes identified during the study: species name, specimen code/collection date, locality, type of substrate and GenBank accession numbers for ITS sequences generated. First national records for Greece are indicated by an asterisk (*) before the species name.
a/aSpecies NameSpecimen Code/Collection DateLocalitySubstrate
Type
GenBank Accession No.
1Abortiporus biennis
(Bull.) Singer
EP.18-A1582/02-Nov-2018Vourkotifallen trunk
2Agaricus moelleri
Wasser
EP.19-A1613/14-Nov-2019Katakalaioileaf-litterMT458502
3Amaropostia stiptica
(Pers.) B.K. Cui, L.L. Shen & Y.C. Dai
EP.17-A1423/24-Nov-2017Voridead stumpMT458503
4Armillaria gallica
Marxm. & Romagn.
EP.17-A1443/24-Nov-2017Voridead stump
5Armillaria mellea
(Vahl) P. Kumm.
EP.95-A021/12-Nov-1995Rematadead stump
EP.18-A1584/02-Nov-2018Vourkotistanding trunk
EP.19-A1651/29-Nov-2019Voritrunk base
6Auricularia auricula-judae
(Bull.) Quél.
EP.18-A1539/22-Feb-2018Voristanding trunk
EP.19-A1672/02-Dec-2019Rematastanding trunk
7Bjerkandera adusta
(Willd.) P. Karst.
EP.19-A1670/02-Dec-2019Rematafallen trunk
8Botryobasidium candicans
J. Erikss.
EP.01-A275/26-Dec-2001Vorifallen trunk
EP.11-A1023/05-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunk
EP.17-A1434/24-Nov-2017Vorifallen trunk
9Brevicellicium olivascens
(Bres.) K.H. Larss. & Hjortstam
EP.17-A1352/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunkMT458504
10Calocera cornea
(Batsch) Fr.
EP.17-A1440/25-Nov-2017Voridead stump
EP.19-A1616/14-Nov-2019Evrousiesdead stump
11Ceriporia purpurea
(Fr.) Donk
EP.17-A1350/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunkMT458505
EP.17-A1363/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunk
12Chondrostereum purpureum
(Pers.) Pouzar
EP.17-A1467/28-Nov-2017Achlas riv.standing trunkMT458506
EP.19-A1678/02-Dec-2019Rematastanding trunk
13Clavaria fragilis
Holmsk.
EP.19-A1639/16-Nov-2019Katakalaioisoil
14Clitocybe nebularis
(Batsch) P. Kumm.
EP.18-A1580/02-Nov-2018Vourkotileaf litter
15Clitocybe phyllophila
(Pers.) P. Kumm.
EP.18-A1579/02-Nov-2018Vourkotileaf litter
16Clitopilus hobsonii
(Berk.) P.D.Orton
EP.02-A331/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
17Coniophora puteana
(Schumach.) P. Karst.
EP.11-A1017/5-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunkMT458507
EP.17-A1411/24-Nov-2017Lefkafallen trunkMT458508
EP.19-A1679/02-Dec-2019Rematafallen trunkMT458509
18Coprinellus disseminates
(Pers.) J.E. Lange
EP.01-A260/26-Dec-2001Vorirotten wood
EP.19-A1654/29-Nov-2019Voriaround stump
19Coprinellus radians
(Fr.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson
EP.19-A1655/29-Nov-2019Voriwoody residuesMT458510
EP.19-A1668/02-Dec-2019Rematawoody residues
20*Coprinopsis melanthina
(Fr.) Örstadius & E. Larss.
EP.17-A1412/24-Nov-2017Lefkawoody residuesMT458511
EP.19-A1659/29-Nov-2019Voriwoody residues
21Coriolopsis gallica
(Fr.) Ryvarden
EP.11-A1016/05-Jan-2011Voristanding trunk
22Crepidotus luteolus
(Lambotte) Sacc.
EP.01-A268/26-Dec-2001Voriwoody residues
23Delicatula integrella
(Pers.) Fayod
EP.19-A1634/16-Nov-2019Katakalaioi trunk base
EP.19-A1640/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.bark living tree
24Entoloma alnicola
Noordel. & Polemis
EP.02-A364/22-Sep-2002Evrousiessoil
25Entoloma incanum
(Fr.) Hesler
EP.02-A362/22-Sep-2002Evrousiessoil
EP.04-A674/24-Oct-2004Achlas riv.soil
EP.19-A1633/16-Nov-2019Katakalaioisoil
26Entoloma juncinum
(Kühner & Romagn.) Noordel.
EP.02-A362/22-Sep-2002Evrousiessoil
27Entoloma mougeotii
(Fr.) Hesler
EP.02-A446/11-Oct-2002Achlas riv.soil
28*Entoloma uranochroum
Hauskn. & Noordel.
EP.19-A1615/14-Nov-2019Evrousiessoil/leaf-litter
29Exidiopsis galzinii
(L.S. Olive) K. Wells
EP.02-A448/11-Oct-2002Achlas riv.fallen trunk
30Fibroporia citrine
(Bernicchia & Ryvarden) Bernicchia & Ryvarden
EP.17-A1356/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunk
31Fomes fomentarius
(L.) Fr.
EP.20-A1681/05-Jan-2020Voristanding trunk
32Fuscoporia torulosa
(Pers.) T. Wagner
EP.04-A668/15-Oct-2004Evrousiesstanding trunk
EP.04-A672/24-Oct-2004Achlas riv.standing trunk
EP.17-A1447/26-Nov-2017Achlas riv.standing trunk
EP.19-A1677/02-Dec-2019Rematastanding trunk
33Ganoderma adspersum
(Schulzer) Donk
EP.14-A1264/01-Nov-2014Voristanding trunk
EP.17-A1422/24-Nov-2017Voristanding trunk
34Ganoderma resinaceum
Boud.
EP.19-A1662/30-Nov-2019Rematastanding trunk
35*Gymnopilus arenophilus
A. Ortega & Esteve-Rav.
EP.03-A659/04-Nov-2003Apoikiarotten stump
EP.17-A1408/24-Nov-2017Lefkarotten stumpMT458512
EP.19-A1674/02-Dec-2019Rematarotten stumpMT458513
36Gymnopilus junonius
(Fr.) P.D. Orton
EP.04-A667/15-Oct-2004Apoikiastanding trunk
EP.04-A825/02-Dec-2004Apoikiastanding trunk
EP.17-A1385/14-Nov-2017Evrousiesstanding trunk
EP.18-A1587/05-Nov-2018Voristanding trunk
37Gymnopus brassicolens
(Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.
EP.17-A1425/24-Nov-2017Voriwoody residues
EP.19-A1673/02-Dec-2019Rematawoody residues
38*Hydropus floccipes
(Fr.) Singer
EP.19-A1658/29-Nov-2019Voristanding trunk
39Hyphoderma medioburiense
(Burt) Donk
EP.17-A1361/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunk
EP.17-A1381/12-Nov-2017KatakalaioitwigsMT458514
40*Hyphoderma nemorale
K.H. Larss.
EP.02-A326/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunkMT458515
41Hyphoderma setigerum
(Fr.) Donk
EP.02-A332/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
EP.17-A1357/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunkMT458516
42*Hyphodermella corrugate
(Fr.) J. Erikss. & Ryvarden
EP.17-A1398/23-Nov-2017Evrousiesfallen branchMT458517
43*Lepiota ochraceofulva
P.D. Orton
EP.19-A1627/15-Nov-2019Vourkotileaf-litterMT458518
44* Lepista ovispora
(J.E. Lange) Gulden
EP.19-A1608/12-Nov-2019Zenioleaf-litter
45Lepista nuda
(Bull.) Cooke
EP.18-A1564/01-Nov-2018Zenioleaf-litter
46Leucoagaricus melanotrichus
(Malençon & Bertault) Trimbach
EP.19-A1604/12-Nov-2019Zenioleaf-litter
47Leucopaxillus gentianeus
(Quél.) Kotl.
EP.18-A1577/01-Nov-2018Zenioleaf-litter
48Marasmius rotula
(Scop.) Fr.
EP.02-A360/22-Sep-2002Evrousiestwigs
49Melanoleuca exscissa
(Fr.) Singer
EP.17-A1415/24-Nov-2017VorisoilMT458519
50Merulius tremellosus
Schrad.
EP.04-A680/15-Nov-2004Evrousiesfallen trunk
EP.02-A323/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
51Mycena galericulata
(Scop.) Gray
EP.17-A1349/11-Nov-2017Zenioaround trunk
EP.19-A1625/15-Nov-2019Vourkotidead stumpMT458520
EP.19-A1629/16-Nov-2019Katakalaioiaround trunkMT458521
EP.19-A1668/02-Dec-2019Rematadead stump
52Mycena haematopus
(Pers.) P. Kumm.
EP.01-A262/26-Dec-2001Vorirotten trunk
53Mycena pseudocorticola
Kühner
EP.17-A1449/26-Nov-2017Achlas riv.bark living tree
EP.19-A1667/02-Dec-2019Rematabark living tree
54Mycena sanguinolenta
(Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm
EP.19-A1642/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.twigs
55Mycetinis scorodonius
(Fr.) A.W. Wilson & Desjardin
EP.19-A1644/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.twigs
56Mycoacia aurea
(Fr.) J. Erikss. & Ryvarden
EP.02-A325/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
EP.11-A1026/05-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunk
57Mycoacia uda
(Fr.) Donk
EP.17-A1351/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunk
58Mycoaciella bispora
(Stalpers) Erikss. & Ryvarden
EP.01-A272/26-Dec-2001Vorifallen trunk
EP.02-A330/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
59Paralepista flaccida
(Sowerby) Vizzini
EP.18-A1563/01-Nov-2018Zenioleaf-litter
EP.18-A1581/02-Nov-2018Vourkotileaf-litter
60Parasola kuehneri
(Uljé & Bas) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple
EP.18-A1546/22-Feb-2018Vorisoil
61Peniophora tamaricicola
Boidin & Malenç.
EP.02-A329/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
62Peniophorella praetermissa
(P. Karst.) K.H. Larss.
EP.01-A276/26-Dec-2001Vorifallen trunk
EP.17-A1355/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunkMT458522
63Perenniporia ochroleuca
(Berk.) Ryvarden
EP.02-A461/11-Oct-2002Achlas riv.dead wood
64*Phanerochaete livescens
(P. Karst.) Volobuev & Spirin
EP.01-A273/26-Dec-2001Vorifallen trunk
EP.18-A1541/22-Feb-2018Vorifallen trunkMT458523
65Phellinus lundellii
Niemelä
EP.17-A1342/13-Apr-2017Zeniostanding trunk
66Phlebia rufa
(Pers.) M.P. Christ.
EP.17-A1354/11-Nov-2017Zeniofallen trunkMT458524
EP.20-A1682/05-Jan-2020Vorifallen trunkMT458525
67Phlebiopsis ravenelii
(Cooke) Hjortstam
EP.11-A1018/05-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunk
68Phloeomana alba
(Bres.) Redhead
EP.19-A1641/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.bark living treeMT458526
69Phloeomana speirea
(Fr.) Redhead
EP.17-A1378/12-Nov-2017LezinatwigsMT458527
70Physisporinus vitreus
(Pers.) P. Karst.
EP.20-A1684/05-Jan-2020Vorifallen trunk
71Pilatotrama ljubarskyi
(Pilát) Zmitrovich
EP.18-A1551/22-Feb-2018Vorifallen trunkMT458528
72Pleurotus ostreatus
(Jacq.) P. Kumm.
EP.01-A261/26-Dec-2001Voristanding trunk
EP.18-A1586/05-Nov-2018Voristanding trunk
73Pluteus cervinus
(Schaeff.) P. Kumm.
EP.01-A321/29-Apr-2002Voridead woodMT458529
EP.19-A1623/15-Nov-2019Vourkotidead woodMT458530
EP.19-A1676/02-Dec-2019Rematafallen trunk
74Pluteus nanus
(Pers.) P. Kumm.
EP.19-A1653/29-Nov-2019Voriwoody residues
75Pluteus salicinus
(Pers.) P. Kumm.
EP.19-A1657/29-Nov-2019Vorifallen branch
76*Pluteus podospileus
Sacc. & Cub.
EP.19-A1643/17-Nov-2019Achlas riv.fallen twigs
77Postia balsamea
(Peck) Jülich
EP.19-A1663/30-Nov-2019Rematafallen trunk
78Psathyrella candolleana
(Fr.) Maire
EP.02-A336/04-Jun-2002Achlas riv.woody residues
EP.19-A1624/15-Nov-2019Vourkotiwoody residuesMT458531
79Psathyrella corrugis
(Pers.) Konrad & Maubl.
EP.19-A1601/16-Oct-2019Vourkotisoil/buried woodMT458532
80*Psathyrella hellebosensis
Deschuyteneer & A. Melzer
EP.17-A1409/24-Nov-2017Lefkawoody residuesMT458533
81Psathyrella microrhiza
(Lasch) Konrad & Maubl.
EP.19-A1603/12-Nov-2019Vourkotiwoody residuesMT458534
82Psathyrella prona
(Fr.) Gill.
EP.02-A363/22-Sep-2002Evrousiessoil
83Psathyrella vinosofulva
P.D. Orton
EP.17-A1431/24-Nov-2017VorisoilMT458535
84Radulomyces confluens
(Fr.) M.P. Christ.
EP.11-A1022/05-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunk
85Steccherinum ochraceum
(Pers. ex J.F. Gmel.) Gray
EP.18-A1540/22-Feb-2018Vorifallen trunk
86Stereum hirsutum
(Willd.) Pers.
EP.17-A1397/23-Nov-2017Evrousiestrunk/branch
EP.17-A1463/28-Nov-2017Achlas riv.trunk/branch
EP.18-A1544/22-Feb-2018Voritrunk
EP.20-A1691/25-Jan-2020Lefkabranch
87Trechispora nivea
(Pers.) K.H. Larss.
EP.02-A328/29-Apr-2002Vorifallen trunk
EP.20-A1683/05-Jan-2020Vorifallen trunkMT458536
88Trametes versicolor
(L.) Lloyd
EP.11-A1019/05-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunk
EP.18-A1542/22-Feb-2018Voristanding trunk
89Tubaria furfuracea
(Pers.) Gillet
EP.19-A1652/29-Nov-2019Voriwoody residues
90Tulostoma fimbriatum
Fr.
EP.17-A1431/24-Nov-2017Vorisoil
91Vitreoporus dichrous
(Fr.) Zmitr.
EP.02-A445/11-Oct-2002Achlas riv.fallen trunk
EP.17-A1439/25-Nov-2017Vorifallen branch
EP.18-A1538/22-Feb-2017Vorifallen branch
92Xylodon raduloides
Riebesehl & Langer
EP.11-A1025/05-Jan-2011Vorifallen trunk
EP.18-A1543/22-Feb-2018Vorifallen trunkMT458538
EP.19-A1671/02-Dec-2019Rematafallen trunk

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