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Contribution to Knowledge of the Mycobiota of Kampinos National Park Acta Mycologica DOI: 10.5586/am.1116 ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER Publication history Received: 2018-09-29 Accepted: 2018-11-04 Contribution to knowledge of the Published: 2019-06-13 mycobiota of Kampinos National Park Handling editor Wojciech Pusz, Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, (Poland): part 2 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland Błażej Gierczyk1*, Andrzej Szczepkowski2, Tomasz Ślusarczyk3, Authors’ contributions Anna Kujawa4 BG: feld research, identifcation 1 Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, of the specimens, writing of 61-614 Poznań, Poland the manuscript, preparation 2 Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 of the drawings and maps; Warsaw, Poland AS: coordination of the work, 3 Naturalists’ Club, 1 Maja 22, 66-200 Świebodzin, Poland feld research, identifcation of 4 Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bukowska 19, the specimens, correction of 60-809 Poznań, Poland the manuscript, photographic documentation; AK: feld * Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] research, identifcation of the specimens, correction of the manuscript, photographic documentation; TŚ: feld Abstract research, identifcation of the Continuation of the mycological study of the fre-damaged pine forest in Kampinos specimens, correction of the National Park in central Poland in 2017 produced interesting new fndings. Among manuscript the taxa collected, 36 were new to the park, six had not been hitherto reported from Funding Poland (Calycellina araneocincta, Ciliolarina af. laetifca, Clitocybe metachroides, The studies were fnanced by Galerina cerina f. longicystis, Parasola cuniculorum, Pleonectria pinicola), and the The State Forests National Forest previous status of one taxon (Pleonectria cucurbitula) had been uncertain. Short Holding – General Directorate descriptions based on collected specimens have been prepared for all taxa new of the State Forests in 2017 as a project “Physical and chemical to Poland. Te current number of taxa of macromycetes identifed in Kampinos properties of soils, diversity of National Park has reached 1,604. plants, fungi and microfauna in the burned area in Palmiry Keywords in the Kampinos National Park. Stage II”. fungal biota; macromycetes; micromycetes; pyrophilous species; postfre fungi; Ascomycota; Basidiomycota Competing interests AS and AK are associate editors of Acta Mycologica; other authors: no competing interests Introduction have been declared Kampinos National Park (Kampinoski Park Narodowy; KPN) is the second largest Copyright notice national park in Poland. It is located in the west of the city of Warsaw. It harbors a unique © The Author(s) 2019. This is an Open Access article distributed mosaic of inland dunes covered by pine forests and swamp depressions overgrown by under the terms of the alder and riparian forests and wet meadows. Dry pine forests are ofen burnt, both by Creative Commons Attribution wildfres and arson. Te surface fre in 2015 in the vicinity of Palmiry village provided the License, which permits chance to study postfre changes in the mycobiota of the Scots pine forest of KPN. redistribution, commercial and noncommercial, provided that Te fungal biota of KPN has been studied since the end of the nineteenth century. the article is properly cited. Te biota was summarized in 2015, afer a 3-year long study [1]. Subsequent years brought new interesting data [2,3]. In 2017, the results of the frst year of observations Citation of fungal diversity in the burned area near Palmiry village were published [3]. Tirty- Gierczyk B, Szczepkowski A, Ślusarczyk T, Kujawa A. two new taxa for KPN were reported, including 17 pyrophilous fungi and three species Contribution to knowledge new to Poland. Tis paper presents the list of 36 taxa frst found in 2017, during the of the mycobiota of continuation of the studies on postfre fungal biota in KPN. Kampinos National Park (Poland): part 2. Acta Mycol. 2019;54(1):1116. https://doi. org/10.5586/am.1116 Material and methods Digital signature This PDF has been certifed using digital Te study area is located south of Palmiry village, in forest compartments No. 76 and signature with a trusted timestamp to 77 of the Laski Protective District, Kaliszki Protective Sub-District (Fig. 1; ATPOL: Published by Polish Botanical Society 1 of 24 Gierczyk et al. / Fungi of the Kampinos National Park assure its origin and integrity. A ED1500; UTM: F5W3). Its detailed characterization was published previously [3]. verifcation trust dialog appears on Te feld studies were conducted between March and October in 2017. Te specimens the PDF document when it is opened in a compatible PDF reader. Certifcate collected were identifed by the standard methods used in fungal taxonomy, using light properties provide further details such as certifcation time and a signing microscopy and staining in ammonia, KOH, Congo Red, Melzer’s reagent, cotton blue reason in case any alterations made in lactophenol, brilliant cresyl blue (CRB), and sulfovanilin. Te drawings of microchar- to the fnal content. If the certifcate is missing or invalid it is recommended acters were made on the basis of microphotographs taken with a Bresser MicroCam to verify the article on the journal website. 5.0 digital camera and Bresser Science TRM 301 light microscope. Identifcation and drawings were made based on both fresh and dried material. All measurements were made directly by a light microscope under an oil immersion objective (×100). Te spore dimensions were established from measurements of 50 randomly selected, well- formed spores (deformed or atrophied spores were excluded from analysis). Te 95% confdence intervals of the mean were calculated and the lower and upper values are given. For other structures, the extreme size values were presented afer measuring 25 elements. Species descriptions are prepared basing on all collected specimens. Te fungal names were cited referring to Knudsen and Vesterholt [4], Hirooka et al. (Pleonectria) [5], and MycoBank [6]. Plant names were cited referring to Mirek et al. [7]. Polish distribution data were taken from checklists [8–10] and an internet database of Polish fungal literature [11]. Treat categories were assigned according to the “Red list of the macrofungi in Poland” (RL) [12]. Dried specimens were deposited in the fungaria of the Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences (IŚRiL), Division of Mycology and Forest Phytopathology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (WAML), and private fungaria of B. Gierczyk (BGF) and T. Ślusarczyk (TŚF). Each fungarium number represents a diferent collection. Fig. 1 Location of the study area in Kampinos National Park; yellow circle – fre-damaged forest. Results Te data collected are presented as follows: ■ Species name; threat category. ■ Localities; months of observation; ecological data; collector name; herbarium specimen numbers. ■ Notes on species distribution in Poland or, for taxa not previously mentioned in Polish literature, on species world distribution. ■ Description of the taxa new to Poland, based on the specimens collected in KPN. ■ Abbreviations: ca. – approximately; KPN – Kampinos National Park; LP – land- scape park; Mt(s) – mountain(s); res. – natural reserve; OOŚS – “Sieraków” strictly protected area (Polish: Obszar Ochrony Ścisłej Sieraków); RL – red-listed species (threat categories: R – rare; V – vulnerable; I – indeterminate). © The Author(s) 2019 Published by Polish Botanical Society Acta Mycol 54(1):1116 2 of 24 Gierczyk et al. / Fungi of the Kampinos National Park Species list: Ascomycota Ascocoryne albida (Berk.) Seifert. Specimens examined: Laski Protective District, Kaliszki Protective Sub-District, forest compartment No.: 77k (OOŚS); September; a dozen sporomata (anamorph) on Pinus sylvestris log in burned forest; leg. T. Ślusarczyk, det. B. Gierczyk; BGF0001980. Notes: In Poland hitherto reported only from Wigry NP [13] and Kaczawskie Foothills [14]. Calycellina araneocincta (W. Phillips) Baral & P. Blank (Fig. 2). Specimens examined: Laski Protective District, Kaliszki Protective Sub-District, forest compartments No.: 77g; October; numerous apothecia on fallen Betula pendula leaves in burned pine forest; leg. & det. B. Gierczyk; BGF0002274. Notes: Species new to Poland. Its world distribution is difcult to establish, because it is ofen synonymized with C. lachnobrachya (e.g., [15]). It is reported from Spain [15], Switzerland [16], Great Britain [17], and Germany [18,19]. Species description: Apothecia single or in small groups, minute, up to 0.4 mm in diameter, yellow to citrine yellow, sessile, fat to convex, with distinct glassy marginal hairs. Asci four-spored, clavate, with amyloid apical apparatus and croziers. Spores ellipsoid-fusiform, ofen slightly curved, septate when mature, hyaline, smooth, 13–17.5 × 2–3 µm. Paraphyses cylindrical with somewhat infated apical part, with yel- low refractive guttules. Excipulum of textura prismatica. Marginal hairs lageniform to narrowly conical, acute, septate or nonseptate, glassy and strongly refractive, ofen with yellow content in basal part, up to 120 µm long. Te yellow, oily content of paraphyses and hairs is clearly visible in water and becomes reddish-brown in Melzer reagent. Fig. 2 Microcharacters of Calycellina araneocincta (W. Phillips) Baral & P. Blank from Kampinos National Park. (A) Asci. (B) Paraphyses. (C)
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