Wood-inhabiting basidiomycetes in cool temperate deciduous forest –Species richness and species density on different kinds of dead wood

Martin Ryberg

Master thesis, 20p Gothenburg University, March 2002 Supervisor: Björn Nordén Assistant supervisor: Thomas Appelqvist

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ABSTRACT

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INTRODUCTION

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Study sites

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Field work Sampling of fungal fruit bodies. The classification of dead wood

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Analyses Rarefaction curves Non-parametric estimators of species richness Chi square tests

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RESULTS

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The number of recorded species

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The number of species on coarse and fine woody debris

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The number of species on woody debris with different diameter

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The number of species on different tree species

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Substratum preferences

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Red list species

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DISCUSSION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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REFERENCES

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APPENDIX 1: SPECIES WITH A WOODY DEBRIS DIAMETER PREFERENCE

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APPENDIX 2: SPECIES WITH A TREE SPECIES PREFERENCE

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APPENDIX 3: RED LIST SPECIES

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Abstract Species richness and species density of wood inhabiting Agaricales and Aphyllophorales (Basidiomycetes) on dead wood of different diameter and of different tree species were compared. Data were collected at 25 sites in cool temperate deciduous forests in southern Sweden. 4841 records of 364 species were made. When comparing the number of species on fine woody debris (FWD, 1≤ diameter