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North American Fungi Volume 8, Number 2, Pages 1-53 Published January 7, 2013 Geography and hosts of the wood decay fungi Fomes fasciatus and Fomes fomentarius in the United States Meghan A. McCormick, Marc A. Cubeta, and Larry F. Grand Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7616, USA McCormick, M. A., M. A. Cubeta, and L. F. Grand. 2013. Geography and hosts of the wood decay fungi Fomes fasciatus and Fomes fomentarius in the United States. North American Fungi 8(2): 1-53. doi: http://dx.doi:10.2509/naf2012.007.012 Corresponding author: M. A. McCormick, [email protected]. Accepted for publication January 7, 2013 http://pnwfungi.org Copyright © 2013 Pacific Northwest Fungi Project. All rights reserved. Abstract: Comprehensive United States county distribution maps of Fomes fasciatus and F. fomentarius were developed based on peer-reviewed publications, records from mycological herbaria and collections made for this study. The geographic distribution was expanded for both species to include a total of seven counties in five states not included in previous publications and records. North Carolina and Tennessee were the only states where both species occurred, but their distributions did not overlap when resolved to the county level. Both fungi occurred on a diverse range of hardwood tree hosts, and in this study, 11 and 17 new hosts associations were identified for F. fasciatus and F. fomentarius, respectively. The extension of host distributions beyond the known range for each fungus suggests that other delimiting factors may contribute to the distribution of F. fasciatus and F. fomentarius. Key words: fungus distribution, polypores, white rot, wood decay 2 McCormick et al. Fomes fasciatus and Fomes fomentarius. North American Fungi 8(2): 1-53 Introduction: The wood decay fungi Fomes F. fomentarius was Elfvingia fomentaria (L.) fasciatus (Sw.) Cooke and F. fomentarius (L.) J. Murrill. Seven specimens (BPI— 229681, Kickx f. cause white heart rot in multiple species 229683, 229812, 229833, 229835, 229987, of trees and play important roles in forest 871256) from United States National Fungus ecology. These fungi occur in the United States Collections (BPI) were examined. Species lists of and other areas of the world. Both species are host plants associated with both species of fungi associated with a variety of perennial woody were compiled from herbaria records and plant hosts and produce basidiocarps on at least publications. County information was inferred 23 tree species in over 10 different genera in the from location information (e.g., state park or city) United States (Farr and Rossman 2012, if counties were not listed in herbaria records. Gilbertson and Ryvarden 1986, Overholts 1953). In the United States, F. fasciatus has been Additional collections of F. fasciatus and F. reported to occur predominantly on oak (Quercus fomentarius were collected from spring 2010 to spp.) and hickory (Carya spp.), while F. fall 2011 and used in compiling and determining fomentarius typically occurs on birch (Betula fungal distributions and host associations. spp.), beech (Fagus spp.), and maple (Acer spp.) Volunteers contributed 26 basidiocarps of F. (Farr and Rossman 2012). Both species are fasciatus and 152 basidiocarps of F. fomentarius, distinguished based on distinctive sclerids in the which were examined in the laboratory, identified granular core of the basidiocarps, basidiocarp using taxonomic treatments of Gilbertson and shape, mean basidiospore size, species of tree Ryvarden (1986) and Overholts (1953), and host, and geographic location within the United deposited into the Larry F. Grand Mycological States (Gilbertson and Ryvarden 1986, Ryvarden Herbarium at North Carolina State University 1991, Ryvarden and Gilbertson 1993). (NCSLG). Nomenclature and authorities were from Index Fungorum (CABI et al. 2012) for Geographic distributions by state show that both fungi and The Plant List (2010) for trees. fungi occur in North Carolina and Tennessee Herbaria abbreviations follow that of Thiers (Gilbertson and Ryvarden 1986). However, (2012). Distributions of the tree species most distributions by county for North Carolina did commonly associated with F. fasciatus and F. not overlap (Grand and Vernia 2006). The fomentarius in the United States were from The primary objective of this study was to better Biota of North American Project (Kartesz 2011, resolve the distribution to the county level for Lichvar and Kartesz 2009). both species of Fomes in the United States. Results: The geographic distribution for F. Materials and Methods: United States fasciatus (Fig. 1) was expanded to include new distribution maps were compiled by county based reports in two counties in South Carolina on a critical assessment of 169 and 731 records (Anderson and Darlington) and for F. for F. fasciatus and F. fomentarius, respectively fomentarius (Fig. 2) to include counties in four (Table). These records were from online states (Illinois—Douglas; Indiana—Clark, databases, consultation with curators or staff at Marshal; Kentucky—Fayette; Missouri—St. mycological herbaria, and publications (Bates Louis). Specimens collected for this study added 2006, Gilbertson and Ryvarden 1986, Grand and three counties (South Carolina—Anderson; Vernia 2006, Popp and Lindquist 2006, Purdy Georgia—Bleckley, Twiggs) for F. fasciatus and and Purdy 1982). Synonyms for F. fasciatus 10 counties (Pennsylvania—Union; Michigan— included: F. marmoratus (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Alger, Grand Traverse, Leelanau; Minnesota— Cooke, F. sclerodermeus (Lév.) Cooke, and Lake; New York—Cortland, Oneida; Virginia— Elfvingia fasciata (Sw.) Murrill. A synonym for Floyd; Wisconsin—Bayfield, Burnett) for F. McCormick et al. Fomes fasciatus and Fomes fomentarius. North American Fungi 8(2): 1-53 3 fomentarius. Identification was confirmed for fasciatus and F. fomentarius when resolved to collections from BPI for F. fasciatus specimens the county level was not found to occur within the (BPI—229833) and F. fomentarius specimens same county or region. Fomes fasciatus occurs in (BPI—229683, 871256). Four collections (BPI— the Coastal Plain and F. fomentarius in the Blue 229681, 229987, 229812, 229835) identified as F. Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. There was fomentarius were found to be F. fasciatus upon one record of F. fasciatus from Tennessee (BPI— examination. 231792) and records of F. fomentarius from California (BPI—229814) and Rhode Island Eleven host species of F. fasciatus and 17 host (CFMR—FP-8635), but the collection data was species of F. fomentarius, not currently listed by insufficient to specify the county. the USDA Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory Fungus-Host Database (Farr and Host range, elevation, latitude, and climate Rossman 2012) were identified from herbaria determine the distribution of wood decay fungi database records. New host species for F. with the most important environmental factors fasciatus were: Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) being temperature and precipitation (Gilbertson K. Koch, Casuarina glauca Siebold ex Spreng., 1980, Overholts 1939). Gilbertson (1980) and Celtis mississippiensis Bosc, Citrus sinensis Overholts (1939) provided several examples of Osbeck, Gleditsia aquatica Marshall, Gordonia wood decay fungi with distributions that cover a lasianthus L., Magnolia virginiana L., Persea smaller area than their associated host tree borbonia Spreng., Prunus domestica L., Quercus species distribution. The distribution of several arizonica Sarg., and Q. falcata Michx. New host common tree species associated with F. fasciatus species for F. fomentarius were: Acer and F. fomentarius extends beyond the fungal macrophyllum Pursh, Aesculus sylvatica W. distributions reported in this study suggesting Bartram, Alnus incana (L.) Moench, A. oregona that other delimiting factors may contribute to Nutt., A. sinuata (Regel) Rydb., A. tenuifolia the occurrence of these fungi. The distribution of Nutt., Betula lenta L., B. nigra L., Carpinus three tree species most commonly associated caroliniana Walter, Fraxinus americana L., F. with F. fasciatus in the United States extends nigra Marsh., Populus balsamifera L., P. north along the east coast into New Jersey for Q. deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall, P. nigra L. and Q. falcata and west into Kansas, grandidentata Michx., Q. velutina Lam., and Iowa, and several Californian counties for C. Ulmus americana L. One of our collections of F. illinoinensis. The distribution of the three tree fasciatus on Q. acutissima Carruthers, represents species most commonly associated with F. the first record on that host. fomentarius in North Carolina extend south into the northern counties of South Carolina and Discussion: North Carolina represents a Georgia for B. alleghaniensis Britton, northern unique geographic transition area for these Alabama for B. lenta, and into counties bordering species because it represents the northern limit the gulf coast of the United States for Fagus for F. fasciatus and the southern limit for F. grandifolia Ehrh. Acer rubrum L., a host for both fomentarius (Gilbertson and Ryvarden 1986, fungal species, is widely distributed throughout Grand and Vernia 2006). While both species the eastern United States as far south as southern occur in North Carolina, they have not been Florida and eastern Texas and north into Québec found in the same county or physiographic region and Ontario, Canada. of the state (Grand and Vernia 2006). Few detailed distribution maps exist