RESEARCH PAPER
Hypogeous fungi of
Pieniny National Park − new data on diversity and distribution
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Pieniński Park Narodowy, ul. Jagiellońska 107B, 34-450 Krościenko nad Dunajcem,
Polska
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Instytut Botaniki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński
w Krakowie, Gronostajowa 3, 30-387 Kraków, Polska
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Instytut Nauk o Środowisku, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, ul. Gronostajowa
7, 30-387 Kraków, Polska
Online publication date: 2020-12-30
Publication date: 2020-12-30
Fragm. Flor. et Geobot. Pol. 2020; XXVII(2): 359-378
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ABSTRACT
The diversity of hypogeous fungi in the Pieniny Mts has been insufficiently studied.
Until recently, eight species were known from this area. The aim of the present study was to
gather new data on the hypogeous fungal mycobiota of this mountain range. In July and September
of 2016 and 2017, sporocarps of hypogeous fungi were searched on six permanent plots established
in Pieniny National Park. The dominant plant associations were beech and beech-fir forest
with spruce, hazel, hornbeam and elm as accompanying trees. Over 100 samples of hypogeous
fungi were gathered during the field work. They included 30 species from ascomycete genera:
Elaphomyces (3 species), Genea (1), Hydnobolites (1), Hydnocystis (1), Hydnotrya (1), Leucangium
(1), Pachyphlodes (1), Tuber (4), and basidiomycetes: Chamonixia (1), Gautieria (3), Hymenogaster
(5), Hysterangium (5), Melanogaster (2) and Octaviania (1). Nine species were most
frequent: Hysterangium nephriticum, Melanogaster broomeanus, Hydnobolites cerebriformis,
Hydnocystis piligera, Hymenogaster rehsteineri, H. cf. megasporus, Hysterangium stoloniferum
and Gautieria morchelliformis. Three species are first records for Poland: Hydnocystis piligera,
Hymenogaster cf. arenarius and H. cf. megasporus. The hypogeous mycobiota of the Pieniny Mts
now numbers 35 species.