Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy
Fungal biodiversity is still mostly unknown and their presence in particular ecosystems such as freshwater habitats is often underestimated. The ecological role that these fungi play in freshwater environments mainly concerns their activity as decomposers of litter and plant material. At present, it...
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| author | Giulia Mirabile Valeria Ferraro Francesco Paolo Mancuso Lorenzo Pecoraro Fortunato Cirlincione |
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| description | Fungal biodiversity is still mostly unknown and their presence in particular ecosystems such as freshwater habitats is often underestimated. The ecological role that these fungi play in freshwater environments mainly concerns their activity as decomposers of litter and plant material. At present, it is estimated that 3870 species belong to the ecological group of freshwater fungi (13 phyla and 45 classes). In this survey, we provide an overview of the Italian freshwater fungal diversity on the basis of the field and literature data. In the literature, data on freshwater fungi are fragmentary and not updated, focusing mainly on northern Italy where the most important lakes and rivers are present, while data from central and southern Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia) are almost completely ineffective. In particular, Ascomycota are reported in only 14 publications, most of which concern the freshwater environments of Lombardia, Piemonte, and Veneto. Only one publication explores the biodiversity of freshwater Basidiomycota in the wetlands of the Cansiglio forest (Veneto). The field observation allowed for us to identify 38 species of Basidiomycota growing in riparian forest of Italy. However, the number of fungi in freshwater habitats of Italy is strongly underestimated and many species are still completely unknown. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eae9d5d259b149c690ef2ca988196ecf2023-11-19T17:00:44ZengMDPI AGJournal of Fungi2309-608X2023-10-0191099310.3390/jof9100993Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of ItalyGiulia Mirabile0Valeria Ferraro1Francesco Paolo Mancuso2Lorenzo Pecoraro3Fortunato Cirlincione4Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Bldg. 5, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, University Campus “Ernesto Quagliariello”, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Sea Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Bldg. 16, 90128 Palermo, ItalySchool of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Bldg. 5, 90128 Palermo, ItalyFungal biodiversity is still mostly unknown and their presence in particular ecosystems such as freshwater habitats is often underestimated. The ecological role that these fungi play in freshwater environments mainly concerns their activity as decomposers of litter and plant material. At present, it is estimated that 3870 species belong to the ecological group of freshwater fungi (13 phyla and 45 classes). In this survey, we provide an overview of the Italian freshwater fungal diversity on the basis of the field and literature data. In the literature, data on freshwater fungi are fragmentary and not updated, focusing mainly on northern Italy where the most important lakes and rivers are present, while data from central and southern Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia) are almost completely ineffective. In particular, Ascomycota are reported in only 14 publications, most of which concern the freshwater environments of Lombardia, Piemonte, and Veneto. Only one publication explores the biodiversity of freshwater Basidiomycota in the wetlands of the Cansiglio forest (Veneto). The field observation allowed for us to identify 38 species of Basidiomycota growing in riparian forest of Italy. However, the number of fungi in freshwater habitats of Italy is strongly underestimated and many species are still completely unknown.https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/10/993freshwater fungifungal biodiversitybasidiomycotaascomycotafreshwater ecosystems |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Mirabile Valeria Ferraro Francesco Paolo Mancuso Lorenzo Pecoraro Fortunato Cirlincione Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy Journal of Fungi freshwater fungi fungal biodiversity basidiomycota ascomycota freshwater ecosystems |
| title | Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy |
| title_full | Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy |
| title_fullStr | Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy |
| title_short | Biodiversity of Fungi in Freshwater Ecosystems of Italy |
| title_sort | biodiversity of fungi in freshwater ecosystems of italy |
| topic | freshwater fungi fungal biodiversity basidiomycota ascomycota freshwater ecosystems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/10/993 |
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