A Preconditioning Paradox: Contrasting Effects of Initial Phyllosphere and Early Leaf Decomposer Microfungi on Subsequent Colonization by Leaf Decomposing Non-Unit-Restricted Basidiomycetes

Fungal interactions during leaf decomposition can facilitate or inhibit other fungi. This experiment focused on whether preconditioning of leaf litter by microfungi that were confined to one leaf (Unit-Restricted) made leaf litter less likely to be colonized and decomposed by basidiomycetes that bin...

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Main Authors: Silvia Bibbo, D. Jean Lodge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/9/903