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- Title
Stump colonization by <em>Armillaria luteobubalina</em> and other wood decay fungi in an age series of cut-over stumps in karri (<em>Eucalyptus diversicolor</em>) regrowth forests in south-western Australia.
- Authors
Pearce, M. H.; Malajczuk, N.
- Abstract
As part of a study of interactions between <em>Armillaria luteobubalina</em> Watling and Kile and other wood decay fungi, we conducted a three-year floristic survey of fungal colonization of 150 eucalypt stumps (left after clearfelling of mature forest) in a series of karri (<em>Eucalyptus diversicolor</em> F. Muell.) regrowth stands of different ages. Certain fungi showed preferences for different eucalypt species or parts of stumps in their choice of food base. A successional trend of fungal species was evident in the age series of stumps (0-16 yr after logging). There was no significant relationship between the absence of <em>A. luteobubalina</em> and the presence of other fungal species on stumps, but there was a significant correlation between the percent stump base colonized by and presence of other fungi, indicating some degree of natural suppression of <em>A. luteobubalina</em>. More than 80 wood decay fungi were observed on stumps, some of which are cosmopolitan, such as <em>Coriolus versicolor</em> (L. ex Fr.) Quel. and <em>Stereum hirsutum</em> (Wild. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray, but a number of which are yet undescribed.
- Subjects
ARMILLARIA; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; STUMPWOOD; PLANT colonization; WOOD decay; LOGGING
- Publication
New Phytologist, 1990, Vol 115, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
0028-646X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8137.1990.tb00930.x