Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis
Lichens are outstanding examples of fungal symbioses that form long-lived structures, the lichen thalli, in which a multiplicity of other microorganisms are hosted. Among these, microfungi seem to establish diverse trophic relationships with their lichen hosts. The most specialised of these fungi ar...
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| description | Lichens are outstanding examples of fungal symbioses that form long-lived structures, the lichen thalli, in which a multiplicity of other microorganisms are hosted. Among these, microfungi seem to establish diverse trophic relationships with their lichen hosts. The most specialised of these fungi are the parasitic lichenicolous fungi, of which the diversity has hardly been explained as a proxy for the diversity of lichen species. Here, we used an exemplar dataset of a well-studied alpine lichen community composed of 63 lichen and 41 lichenicolous fungal species and tested it to verify the strength of the co-occurrences of the two species groups with predictive co-correspondence analyses. The results showed that the distribution of lichen abundances affects the abundance and variation of lichenicolous fungi and supports our hypothesis to use lichens as surrogates for lichenicolous fungi in surrogacy analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b1d55fc4508462da3e8420433b52f882023-11-16T20:05:42ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182023-02-0115228510.3390/d15020285Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon AnalysisRoberto De Carolis0Lucia Muggia1Giovanni Bacaro2Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, ItalyDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, ItalyDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, ItalyLichens are outstanding examples of fungal symbioses that form long-lived structures, the lichen thalli, in which a multiplicity of other microorganisms are hosted. Among these, microfungi seem to establish diverse trophic relationships with their lichen hosts. The most specialised of these fungi are the parasitic lichenicolous fungi, of which the diversity has hardly been explained as a proxy for the diversity of lichen species. Here, we used an exemplar dataset of a well-studied alpine lichen community composed of 63 lichen and 41 lichenicolous fungal species and tested it to verify the strength of the co-occurrences of the two species groups with predictive co-correspondence analyses. The results showed that the distribution of lichen abundances affects the abundance and variation of lichenicolous fungi and supports our hypothesis to use lichens as surrogates for lichenicolous fungi in surrogacy analysis.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/285co-correspondence analysisdiversityspecificitysurrogacysymbiosis |
| spellingShingle | Roberto De Carolis Lucia Muggia Giovanni Bacaro Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis Diversity co-correspondence analysis diversity specificity surrogacy symbiosis |
| title | Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis |
| title_full | Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis |
| title_short | Lichen and Lichenicolous Fungal Communities Tested as Suitable Systems for the Application of Cross-Taxon Analysis |
| title_sort | lichen and lichenicolous fungal communities tested as suitable systems for the application of cross taxon analysis |
| topic | co-correspondence analysis diversity specificity surrogacy symbiosis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/285 |
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