Fungal biodiversity and <i>in situ</i> conservation in Italy

Venturella, Giuseppe; Altobelli, Elisa; Bernicchia, Annarosa; Piazza, Simone; Donnini, Domizia; Gargano, Maria Letizia; Gorjón, Sergio Pérez; Granito, Vito Mario; Lantieri, Angela; Lunghini, D.; Montemartini, A.; Padovan, F.; Pavarino, M.; Pecoraro, Vincent L.; Perini, Claudia; Rana, Gian Luigi; Ripa, Caterina; Salerni, Elena; Savino, Elena; Tomei, Paolo; Vizzini, Alfredo; Zambonelli, Alessandra; Zotti, Mirca

doi:10.1080/11263504.2011.633115

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“…Most fungi isolated from photosynthetic orchids belong to the anamorphic form-genus Rhizoctonia (Otero et al 2002;Liebel et al 2010;Girlanda et al 2011;Jacquemyn et al 2011a;Pecoraro et al 2012a). These Rhizoctonia-like orchid symbionts include a variety of teleomorphic taxa, such as Ceratobasidium, Tulasnella and Sebacina, which are rarely observed in nature (Wright et al 2010;Venturella et al 2011).…”

Section: Genetic and Functional Fungal Diversity In Mycorrhizal Symbimentioning

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Interactions of fungi with other organisms

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Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all As

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Living organisms establish complex networks of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions in nature, which impact strongly on their own survival and on the stability of the whole population. Fungi, in particular, can shape natural as well as manmanaged ecosystems due to their ubiquitous occurrence and the range of interactions they establish with plants, animals and other microbes. This review describes some examples of mutualistic and antagonistic fungal interactions that are of particular interest for their ecological role, or because they can be exploited by man to improve plant health and/or productivity in sustainable agriculture and forestry.

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Section: Genetic and Functional Fungal Diversity In Mycorrhizal Symbimentioning

confidence: 99%

Interactions of fungi with other organisms

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“…which favors the elevation of the dunes. PowerPoint slideOriginal jpg (86.00KB)Display full size Field investigation on fungi growing in sandy dunes follows the standard methodology adopted by mycologists for the inventory of fungal diversity in Italy (Venturella et al 2011). Periodical observations, from 2001 until now, were carried out in the sandy habitat of SW and SE Sicily.…”

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Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of fungi in extreme environments

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Egidi

Isola

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Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all As

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Fungi play irreplaceable roles for ecosystem functioning. They may adopt different lifestyles, for example saprotrophs, symbionts or parasites: some species are cosmopolitan with a wide distribution and others, thanks to their ecological plasticity, may adapt to harsh environments precluded to most of life forms. In stressing conditions, their role is even more crucial for the recycling of organic matter or favoring nutrients uptake. When the conditions become really extreme and competition is low, fungi focus on extremotolerance and evolve peculiar competences to exploit natural or xenobiotic resources in the particular constrains imposed by the environment. This paper focuses on three different cases of fungal life in the extremes: hydrocarbon-polluted sites, extremely acidic substrates, and littoral dunes, aiming to give few but significant examples of the role of these fascinating organisms in peculiar habitats and the valuable biotechnological potentialities of the abilities they have evolved in response to such constrains. Keywords

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“…3). Anyway, Basilicata, 4 years after a previous review (Venturella et al 2011), for the number of Tuber taxa which can grow in its territory, confirms its first position among Italian regions.…”

Section: Mucoromycotina Endogonales Endogonaceae Paolettimentioning

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“…3 Number of taxa/genus of hypo-and semi-hypogeous Ascomycota (black), Basidiomycota (grey) and Zygomycota (light grey) growing in nature in Basilicata economical role for human beings. The other Tuber species and taxa belonging to the various Ascomycota and Basidiomycota mentioned certainly are precious for some components of wild fauna as squirrels (Venturella et al 2011), field-mouse, mole, fox, etc.…”

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Biodiversity of Hypogeous Fungi in Basilicata

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Mang

Camele

2015

The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin

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During the last two decades, systematic studies were carried out on biodiversity of hypogeous fungi in forestry territories of the two Basilicata (southern Italy) provinces, Matera and Potenza. Identification of fungus taxa found in the region was commonly accomplished on the basis of macro-and microscopic features, and only in a few instances, molecular analyses were utilized. Thanks to these investigations, Basilicata now occupies, among Italian regions, the first and fourth positions for number of Tuber species, varieties or forms and total number of hypogeous fungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Zygomycota) naturally growing in its woodlands and Mediterranean maquis areas. In fact, the last up-to-date acquirements on the topic bring up to 29 and 53 the number of Tuber taxa and that of the other hypogeous and semi-hypogeous (only three entities) fungi present in the region, respectively. In this chapter, the essential information regarding these fungi is given, so updating to 2014 the relative available knowledge. Among the Fungi, object of this review, the Ascomycota Pachyphloeus conglomeratus and Tuber malençonii, the Basidiomycota Hymenogaster decorus, H. hessey, H. rehsteineri, Schenella pityophilus and Myriostoma coliforme as well as the Zygomycota Youngiomyces multiplex deserve a particular mention because of their rarity.

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Fungal biodiversity and in situ conservation in Italy

Cited by 43 publications

References 24 publications

Interactions of fungi with other organisms

Interactions of fungi with other organisms

Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of fungi in extreme environments

Biodiversity of Hypogeous Fungi in Basilicata

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