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The effect of ecological disturbance on competition between Crinipellis perniciosa and other tropical fungi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Elizabeth Bravo-Velasquez  and
John Hedger
Elizabeth Bravo-Velasquez
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Microbiology, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, U.K.
John Hedger
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Microbiology, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, U.K.
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Synopsis

Isolates of the tropical fungus Crinipellis perniciosa obtained from cocoa and lianas in Ecuador were grown on media ranging from −0.45 MPa to −9.0 MPa water potential and their responses compared to those of other agarics and Xylaria species isolated from cocoa. Antagonism between mycelia of C. perniciosa and these isolates was also assessed over the same range of water potentials. It is hypothesised that C. perniciosa and other canopy inhabiting fungi of tropical forests are adapted to water stress, but are not competitive with fungi which colonise later, following litterfall, from lower litter and soil horizons, where water availability is higher. Xylaria spp. proved to be aggressive antagonists of C. perniciosa over a range of water potentials.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 94: Fungi and Ecological Disturbance , 1988 , pp. 159 - 166
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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