Occurrences of algae inhabiting the basidiocarps of wood-decaying Basidiomycetes in the Central Ural

Study Extent

In 2012-2019, we carried out a large-scale special research on the biodiversity of algae inhabiting the basidiocarps of wood-decaying fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) in the Central Ural. The results were partially published (Mukhin et al. 2016, 2018 a, b; Neustroeva et al. 2017). In the present paper, annotated list of the algae inhabiting the basidiocarps of wood-decaying fungi in the Central Ural is presented for the first time.

Sampling

16 basidiocarps of wood-decaying fungi were analyzed for the species composition of the algae inhabiting thereof: Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill, Datronia mollis (Sommerf.) Donk, Eichleriella deglubens (Berk. & Br.) D.A. Reid, Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr., Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr., Steccherinum ochraceum (Pers.) Gray, Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers., S. subtomentosum Pouzar, Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr., T. hirsuta (Wulfen) Lloyd, T. ochracea (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden, T. trogii Berk., T. versicolor (L.) Lloyd, Trichaptum abietinum (Dicks.) Ryvarden, T. biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden, T. fuscoviolaceum (Ehrenb.) Ryvarden. A total of 64 basidiocarp samples were studied. The identification of fungi was obtained through traditional methods (Ryvarden and Gilbertson 1993, 1994; Hansen and Knudsen 1997).

Method steps

1. The basidiocarps at the beginning were examined under a Nikon Eclipse 80i and Leica DM2000 microscope and fragments of basidiocarps and flushing from their surface were transferred in agar and liquid nutrient media examined under a Nikon Eclipse 80i and Leica DM2000 microscopes, and then fragments of the basidiocarps and swabs from their surface were transferred in agar and liquid nutrient media: 3N BBM for Chlorophyta and Bg11 for Сyanoprokaryota (Andersen 2005).
2. The algae were identified using Andreeva (1998), Komárek and Anagnostidis (1998, 2005), Komárek (2013), Ettl and Gärtner (2014) keys. Some species that required observation at specific stages of reproduction and development were determined to a genus level only and designated as “cf”.
3. The nomenclature of fungi, algae, and plants is given according to MycoBank (mycobank.org), Algaebase (Guiry and Guiry 2020), and the Plant List (theplantlist.org) respectively. Some pure strains of algae species are stored in the collection of the Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center (https://ib.komisc.ru/sykoa/home/), such species are marked on the list as “the strain deposited in SYKOA” indicating the deposit number. In the list, the algae species appear in the alphabetical order, and for each of them fungi species in basidiocarps of which the algae were found, localities where fungi were collected, and its woody substrates are indicated.

The nomenclature of fungi, algae, and plants is given according to MycoBank (mycobank.org), Algaebase (Guiry and Guiry 2020), and the Plant List (theplantlist.org) respectively.

1. Eubacteria
   rank: kingdom
2. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
3. Fungi
   rank: kingdom

Central Ural