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Annotated Check List and Host Index for Arizona Wood-Rotting Fungi Item Type text; Book Authors Gilbertson, R. L.; Martin, K. J.; Lindsey, J. P. Publisher College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) Rights Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona. Download date 28/09/2021 02:18:59 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/602154 Annotated Check List and Host Index for Arizona Wood - Rotting Fungi Technical Bulletin 209 Agricultural Experiment Station The University of Arizona Tucson AÏfJ\fOTA TED CHECK LI5T aid HOST INDEX ford ARIZONA WOOD- ROTTlNg FUNGI /. L. GILßERTSON K.T IyIARTiN Z J. P, LINDSEY3 PRDFE550I of PLANT PATHOLOgY 2GRADUATE ASSISTANT in I?ESEARCI-4 36FZADAATE A5 S /STANT'" TEACHING Z z l'9 FR5 1974- INTRODUCTION flora similar to that of the Gulf Coast and the southeastern United States is found. Here the major tree species include hardwoods such as Arizona is characterized by a wide variety of Arizona sycamore, Arizona black walnut, oaks, ecological zones from Sonoran Desert to alpine velvet ash, Fremont cottonwood, willows, and tundra. This environmental diversity has resulted mesquite. Some conifers, including Chihuahua pine, in a rich flora of woody plants in the state. De- Apache pine, pinyons, junipers, and Arizona cypress tailed accounts of the vegetation of Arizona have also occur in association with these hardwoods. appeared in a number of publications, including Arizona fungi typical of the southeastern flora those of Benson and Darrow (1954), Nichol (1952), include Fomitopsis ulmaria, Donkia pulcherrima, Kearney and Peebles (1969), Shreve and Wiggins Tyromyces palustris, Lopharia crassa, Inonotus (1964), Lowe (1972), and Hastings et al. (1972). andersonii, and Inonotus hispidus. Little (1968) included 126 species of trees from Arizona in his manual of southwestern trees. Many In addition, southern Arizona apparently is additional species of woody plants that do not the northernmost limit for some species that are attain tree size also occur in Arizona. All of essentially tropical or characteristic of the these provide a potential substratum for wood - Mexican fungal flora. These include Phellinus rotting fungi. badius, Phellinus weirianus, Inonotus patouillardii, Inonotus arizonicus, Inonotus texanus, Peniophora Although the annual precipitation in most areas tamaricicola and Poria carnegiea. is relatively low, much of the precipitation falls in the summer rainy season and during a short winter Trees and shrubs in the Sonoran and Mohave period. The summer or "monsoon" rains generally desert areas also provide woody substrata for a begin in July and continue through August. surprising number of fungi. Most of these are Conditions become extremely favorable for fruiting species characteristic of the southeastern or of wood- rotting fungi during this period, and it is tropical floras. then that the great majority of fungi can be found. The abundant and varied woody substrata, combined In the check list the name of each fungus is with the favorable moisture and temperature condi- followed by the names of the host plants on which tions in late summer and early fall, result in a that fungus has been reported. Names of host plants surprisingly rich flora of wood -rotting fungi in are based primarily on ARIZONA FLORA by Kearney and this generally arid state. Peebles (1969). Most of the fungi in this check list are found The Arizona counties recorded for each host on dead, fallen or standing trees, stumps, or dead are also given. The host index is arranged branches. These organisms play an essential alphabetically by the Latin name of the host. ecological role in the decomposition of large Common names are given if available. quantities of dead organic material and the re- cycling of carbon back into the atmosphere. Some of The information in this bulletin is based on the fungi decay the heartwood in living trees and voucher specimens in the University of Arizona shrubs, weakening the plants structurally, and mycological herbarium. Most of the field work contributing to their eventual decline and death. involved has been supported by McIntire -Stennis This permits young, vigorously growing plants to project 713. C. T. Mason, Jr. provided valuable replace them. assistance in identification of host plants. In addition to the authors, a number of individuals The basic nature of the higher fungal flora of have made collections used in preparing this Arizona has been pointed out in previous publications publication. These include Dr. E. R. Canfield, Dr. (Gilbertson and Budington, 1970; Budington and G. B. Cummins, Dr. P. D. Keener, Arthur B. Gilbertson, 1973). Elements of three major floral Budington, Jerry McHenry, Dr. H. H. Burdsall, Jr., complexes overlap in southern Arizona. and Dr. M. J. Larsen. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. We also gratefully In the coniferous forests at higher elevations a acknowledge the expert assistance of Marjorie typical Rocky Mountain fungal flora is found. The Lindsey, who prepared the camera ready copy of the major tree species here are ponderosa pine, Douglas manuscript. fir, white fir, southwestern white pine, Engelmann and Colorado blue spruces, corkbark fir, and quaking aspen. Fungi characteristic of the Rocky Mountain flora include Phellinus nigrolimitatus, Echinodontium tinctorium, Vararia granulosa, Vararia racemosa, Poria albobrunnea, Chaetoderma luna, Poria sitchensis, Polyporus alboluteus, Polyporus leucospongia, Polyporus subchartaceus, and Sparassis radicata. At lower elevations in southern Arizona, a fungal 1 ANNOTATED CHECK LIST OF ARIZONA WOOD- ROTTING FUNGI Abies concolor Pima AND THE WOODY PLANTS ON WHICH THEY GROW CONIOPHORA OLIVASCENS (Berk. et Curt.) Massee. Associated with a white rot of dead conifers and hardwoods. Sclerotial bodies are often associated APHYLLOPHORALES with the basidiocarps. kuriscalpiaceae Pinus ponderosa Cochise, Greenlee Platanus wrightii Santa Cruz GLOEODONTIA DISCOLOR (Berk. et Curt.) Boid. Associated with a white rot of dead hardwoods. CONIOPHORA PUTEANA (Schum. ex Fr.) Karst. Common in the Gulf coast region and the Southeast Associated with a brown cubical rot of dead conifers but found only once in southern Arizona. and hardwoods. Also reported elsewhere to cause a brown butt rot in spruce. Salix gooddingii Santa Cruz Alnus oblongifolia Graham GLOIODON STRIGOSUM (Fr.) Karst. Associated with a Picea engelmannii Graham white rot. Apparently rare in Arizona and known Pinus engelmannii Cochise from a single collection. Pinus ponderosa Greenlee Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica Pima CONIOPHORELLA OLIVACEA (Fr.) Karst. Associated with a brown rot of dead conifers and hardwoods. Common in coniferous forests of Arizona. Coniophoraceae Pinus leiophylla var. chihuahuana Pima CONIOPHORA ARIDA (Fr.) Karst. Associated with a Pinus ponderosa Cochise, Pima brown rot of dead conifers and rarely on hardwoods. Populus tremuloides Pima Common throughout coniferous forest zones of Pseudotsuga menziesii Pima Arizona. SERPULA HIMANTIOIDES (Fr. ex Fr.) Karst. Associated Abies concolor Graham with a brown rot of conifers and hardwoods. Common Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica Coconino in the coniferous forest zones. Chilopsis linearis Cochise, Santa Cruz Juglans major Pima Abies concolor Pima Picea engelmannii Apache, Graham Pinus ponderosa Cochise, Pima Pinus cembroides Cochise, Santa Cruz Pinus strobiformis Pima Pinus edulis Santa Cruz Pinus ponderosa Coconino, Greenlee, Pima SERPULA PINASTRI (Fr.) Bond. Associated with a Pinus strobiformis Graham brown rot of dead conifers and hardwoods. Platanus wrightii Cochise Populus tremuloides Coconino, Graham Abies concolor Graham, Pima Pseudotsuga menziesii Pima Picea engelmannii Graham Pinus ponderosa Coconino, Greenlee, Pima CONIOPHORA CORRUGIS Burt. Associated with a white rot of dead conifers and hardwoods. Common at high elevations, particularly in the spruce -fir zone, Corticiaceae where it develops in snow and often grows over living stems or recently fallen trees and branches. ALEUROCORTICIUM ACERINUM (Pers. ex Fr.) Lemke. Associated with a white rot of dead branches. Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica Coconino Acer glabrum Pima Mortonia scabrella Pima Picea pungens Coconino Pinus ponderosa Coconino ALEUROCORTICIUM DRYINUM Pers. Associated with a Populus tremuloides Coconino white rot of dead branches. CONIOPHORA INFLATA Burt. Associated rot not Arbutus arizonica Cochise determined. ALEUROCORTICIUM GRISEOCANUM (Bres.) Lemke. Carnegiea gigantea Pima Associated with a white rot of dead branches. Olneya tesota Pima, Pinal Common in oak -woodland and pinyon -juniper zones. Prosopis juliflora Pinal Juniperus deppeana Cochise CONIOPHORA MUSTIALAENSIS (Karst.) Massee. Quercus arizonica Santa Cruz Associated rot not determined. Quercus toumeyi Santa Cruz 2 ALEURODISCUS AMORPHUS (Pers. ex Fr.) J. Schroet. Abies concolor Pima Associated with a white rot of dead branches on the Cupressus arizonica Pima lower crown of living trees and also pathogenic on Juniperus deppeana Cochise, Pima young fir trees, sometimes found fruiting abundantly Picea engelmannii Graham on entire trunk and branch surfaces of small recently killed trees. ALEURODISCUS OAKESII (Berk. et Curt.) Hoehn. et Litsch. Associated rot not determined. Common on Abies concolor Cochise, Graham bark of trunks of living oaks in southern Arizona. Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica Graham Quercus arizonica Pima ALEURODISCUS BERTII Lloyd. Associated with a white Quercus hypoleucoides Cochise rot of dead branches