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An Illustrated Key to the Common Temperate Species of Aquatic Hyphomycetes

GULIS, Vladislav, Ludmila MARVANOVÁ and Enrique DESCALS

Basic information

Original name

An Illustrated Key to the Common Temperate Species of Aquatic Hyphomycetes

Authors

GULIS, Vladislav (guarantor), Ludmila MARVANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Enrique DESCALS

Edition

2. vyd. Cham, Methods to Study Litter Decomposition: A Practical Guide, p. 223-239, 17 pp. 2020

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10612 Mycology

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117436

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-3-030-30514-7

Keywords in English

Aquatic fungi; Conidia; Conidiogenesis; Fungal biodiversity; Fungal identification; Fungal spore shapes; Fungal taxonomy; Ingoldian fungi

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 13/5/2021 13:15, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Aquatic hyphomycetes are an ecological group of fungi that play a crucial role in the decomposition of plant litter and in the food webs of streams and rivers. Changes in stream ecosystem functioning (e.g. due to human impacts) can be accompanied by shifts in litter-associated fungal community structure. This chapter presents a key for the identification of the common species of aquatic hyphomycetes found in streams in temperate climates. Since most spores of aquatic hyphomycetes are characteristically shaped, the presented dichotomous key is based mostly on the morphology of detached spores (conidia) that can be sampled from water or obtained by inducing fungal sporulation on plant litter in the laboratory. In a few cases, details of conidiogenesis that aid in identification are also discussed. Each of the 64 species included in the key is illustrated by line drawings; in addition, microphotographs are provided for some species. A glossary of terms that may cause difficulties follows the key. The presented key facilitates ecological studies on fungal biodiversity and its link with functional aspects of streamecosystems such as fungal production and leaf litter decomposition.