Small-Mammal Consumption of Hypogeous Fungi in the Central Adirondacks of New York

Meyer, Robert T.; Weir, Alexander; Horton, Thomas R.

doi:10.1656/045.022.0318

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“…Although faeces collected from the traps may have acquired spores from the environment, Kohl et al (2015) found no significant difference in the microbiome between Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida) faeces collected aseptically and faeces collected from live traps. Macrofungi and mycorrhizal fungi are part of the omnivorous diet of P. maniculatus, and viable spores of these fungi are frequently detected in their faeces and stomach contents outside caves (Maser and Maser 1987;Pyare and Longland, 2001;Frank et al 2006;D'Avla et al 2007;Meyer et al 2015). It is thought that P. maniculatus and other rodents play a role in dispersing fungal spores across the landscape, which is of particular importance with regard to mycorrhizal inoculum (Maser and Maser 1987;Pyare and Longland 2001;Frank et al 2006;D'Avla et al 2007;Meyer et al 2015).…”

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Psychrotolerant Microfungi Associated with Deer Mice (<i>Peromyscus maniculatus</i>) in a White-nose Syndrome Positive Bat Hibernaculum in Eastern Canada

Vanderwolf¹,

Malloch²,

McAlpine

2018

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With the exception of recent work on bats, no reports on the fungi present on live mammals in underground habitats have been published. We cultured psychrotolerant fungi from the external surface and faeces of live Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), and from the intestinal contents of a single freshly killed P. maniculatus, overwintering in a white-nose syndrome positive bat hibernaculum and from adjacent summer forest in eastern Canada. A low diversity of psychrotolerant fungi was cultured from P. maniculatus compared with that found in previous studies of the mycoflora of bats and arthropods occupying bat hibernacula in the region. Although the grooming habits of P. maniculatus may reduce the accumulation of a diverse psychrotolerant fungal assemblage on their external surface, we demonstrate that active euthermic mammals in underground habitats can carry viable spores of psychrotolerant fungi, both externally and internally. Small rodents using cave habitats may also play a role in dispersing psychrotolerant fungi between caves and suitable low-temperature habitats (i.e., burrows) in adjacent forest.

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Psychrotolerant Microfungi Associated with Deer Mice (<i>Peromyscus maniculatus</i>) in a White-nose Syndrome Positive Bat Hibernaculum in Eastern Canada

Vanderwolf¹,

Malloch²,

McAlpine

2018

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“…Macrofungi and mycorrhizal fungi are part of the omnivorous diet of P. maniculatus, and viable spores of these fungi are frequently detected in their faeces and stomach contents outside caves (Maser and Maser 1987;Pyare and Longland, 2001;Frank et al 2006;D'Avla et al 2007;Meyer et al 2015). It is thought that P. maniculatus and other rodents play a role in dispersing fungal spores across the landscape, which is of particular importance with regard to mycorrhizal inoculum (Maser and Maser 1987;Pyare and Longland 2001;Frank et al 2006;D'Avla et al 2007;Meyer et al 2015). However, mice are unlikely to transport fungal spores great distances internally, as Cork and Kenagy (1989) found that the mean retention time of Elaphomyces granulatus spores was 12.0 h (standard error 2.4) in P. maniculatus.…”

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Lepitzki¹

2018

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The objectives of this Club shall be to promote the appreciation, preservation and conservation of Canada's natural heritage; to encourage investigation and publish the results of research in all fields of natural history and to diffuse information on these fields as widely as possible; to support and cooperate with organizations engaged in preserving, maintaining or restoring environments of high quality for living things.

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“…As hypogeous fungi, the Hymenogaster species symbiotically form ectomycorrhizae with various tree species, helping plants uptake nutrients and rebuild the ecosystems [6,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. They also serve as food sources for small mammals in the forest, such as Clethrionomys gapperi, Napaeozapus insignis, Sus scrofa, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, and Zapus hudsonius, as well as some birds and invertebrates, and in this way, these small animals can also help spread Hymenogaster spores [23][24][25][26].…”

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Two New Species of Hymenogaster (Hymenogastraceae, Agaricales) from China Based on Morphological and Molecular Markers

Li,

Mao,

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Two new species from China, Hymenogaster pseudoniveus and H. zunhuaensis, are described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence. Hymenogaster pseudoniveus is distinguished from other species of the genus based on the color of peridium, which is snow white to white when unexcavated but then turns yellowish to earth yellow, and the basidiospores, which are ornamented with nearly longitudinally arranged ridges up to 2 μm high. H. zunhuaensis is diagnosed by its dirty white to pale yellow peridium, yellow brown to brown gleba, and the smaller (Lm × Wm = 11.7 μm × 9.8 μm) broadly ellipsoidal to subglobose basidiospores (Q = 1.1–1.3). ITS/LSU-based phylogenetic analysis supports the erection of the two new species, each placed in distinct clades with strong statistical support, suggesting that they represent two distinct species novel to science. Based on the morphological and molecular evidence, we have published two new species of Hymenogaster. A key for Hymenogaster species from China is provided.

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Small-Mammal Consumption of Hypogeous Fungi in the Central Adirondacks of New York

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Psychrotolerant Microfungi Associated with Deer Mice (<i>Peromyscus maniculatus</i>) in a White-nose Syndrome Positive Bat Hibernaculum in Eastern Canada

Psychrotolerant Microfungi Associated with Deer Mice (<i>Peromyscus maniculatus</i>) in a White-nose Syndrome Positive Bat Hibernaculum in Eastern Canada

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Two New Species of Hymenogaster (Hymenogastraceae, Agaricales) from China Based on Morphological and Molecular Markers

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