Higher Fungi of Antarctica, the Subantarctic Zone and Falkland Islands

Pegler, D.N.; Spooner, Brian; Smith, Ron

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“…Fruiting bodies-forming Basidiomycetes are represented by only few species connected with mosses or organic debris (e.g. Pegler et al 1980). To date, no species of fungi producing large fruit bodies on wood have been reported from Antarctica .…”

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Timber transported to Antarctica: a potential and undesirable carrier for alien fungi and insects

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Antarctica's severe climate and its geographical isolation are the factors that hinder the arrival of non-native species by natural means. However, the movement of people and cargo associated with national scientific programs and tourism render Antarctica much more accessible to exotic organisms. Both the transport routes and carriers are varied. The wide range of uses to which timber is put means that it is readily freighted to Antarctic stations. However, it can harbor numerous alien organisms. All the timber materials transported to the ''Arctowski'' station for the 32nd Polish Antarctic Expedition in the 2007/2008 season were scanned as a potential vector for alien species. This study focuses on the non-lichenized fungi and insects which were found on the timber. Four species of perithecia-forming Ascomycota, five species of corticioid and polyporoid Basidiomycota, four unidentified basidiomycetes taxa in form of sterile mycelia, and two insects belonging to Cerambycidae, were detected. Most of these 'hitch-hikers' were connected with the untreated parts of the timber. Their enduring survival in harsh Antarctic conditions is regarded as highly improbable. Nevertheless, some ascocarps frequently contained vital spores, and live insect larvae and imago were found in hibernation. The results also emphasize that such organisms can be accidentally transported to Antarctica and that the elementary rules for the eventual safe transport of noninfected goods should be obeyed and respected.

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“…One species, S. antarctica Pegler, was found growing on decaying moss. Macroscopically, the small, Crepidotus-like basidiomes of S. antarctica (Pegler et al 1980;Horak, unpubl. ) are remarkable due to the cyphelloid habitat with the absent or reduced lateral stipe.…”

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Simocybe montana (Crepidotaceae, Agaricales), a new species from the alpine belt in the Swiss Alps and the Romanian Carpathians

Horak¹,

Ronikier

2010

Mycol Progress

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This paper describes the newly discovered species Simocybe montana, which grows in the alpine belt of the European mountains. The species is characterized by a central stipe, large (especially broad), broadly ellipsoid to amygdaliform spores, and occurrence on calcareous soils in the alpine belt. Full description and illustrations of macroand micromorphological features of the new taxon are provided.

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“…For example, the ascospores were given as "dark brown, 2-celled, long ellipsoid to oblong, upper cell slightly longer and wider, about 15 x 4 μm" and the range given by Hawksworth (in Pegler et al 1980) is (12-)13-15(-16) x (4-)4.5-6(-6.5) μm. The species is evidently frequent on lobate and subfruticose species of Caloplaca species and also on Xanthoria elegans in the Antarctic region and on the subantarctic islands (Pegler et al 1980).…”

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Lichenicolous fungi described from Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands by Carroll W. Dodge (1895–1988)

Hawksworth

Iturriaga

2006

Antartic science

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Abstract:The identities of the 12 lichenicolous fungi described as new to science from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands by Carroll W. Dodge between 1938 and 1968 are reassessed on the basis of the original publications, and where extant the original collections and slides in the Farlow Herbarium and Reference Library (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA). Typifications are discussed and lectotypes and neotypes designated as necessary. Only one species is accepted in its original placement (Phacopsis usneae) and one had already been transferred to an appropriate genus (Didymella cladoniae to Zwackhiomyces). Six prove to be synonyms of previously described species, and four are combined into other genera here: Arthonia parmeliae (syn. Diplonaevia parmeliae), Carbonea antarctica (syn. Alectoria antarctica), Sphaerellothecium buelliae (syn. Orbicula buelliae), and Weddelomyces gasparriniae (syn. Phaeospora gasparriniae) combs. nov. The generic name Thelidiola is also confirmed as a synonym of Muellerella. In addition, as a result of earlier misinterpretations of Dodge's taxa, two new species are described: Endococcus matzeri, and Zwachkiomyces diederichii spp. nov. Intralichen lichenum is also reported from the Antarctic for the first time. Descriptions and illustrations are included where appropriate.

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Higher Fungi of Antarctica, the Subantarctic Zone and Falkland Islands

Cited by 75 publications

References 24 publications

Timber transported to Antarctica: a potential and undesirable carrier for alien fungi and insects

Timber transported to Antarctica: a potential and undesirable carrier for alien fungi and insects

Simocybe montana (Crepidotaceae, Agaricales), a new species from the alpine belt in the Swiss Alps and the Romanian Carpathians

Lichenicolous fungi described from Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands by Carroll W. Dodge (1895–1988)

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