Nutrient movement and mycelial reorganization in established systems of phanerochaete velutina, following arrival of colonized wood resources

Harris, Melanie Jane and Boddy, Lynne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-6738 2005. Nutrient movement and mycelial reorganization in established systems of phanerochaete velutina, following arrival of colonized wood resources. Microbial Ecology 50 (2) , pp. 141-151. 10.1007/s00248-004-0075-x

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Abstract

The effect of arrival of wood resources, precolonized by Coriolus versicolor, Phlebia radiata, Stereum hirsutum, and Vuilleminia comedens, on mycelial systems of Phanerochaete velutina was studied in trays of nonsterile soil in the laboratory over 5 months. Morphological responses were quantified nondestructively using image analysis. In a parallel series of experiments, nutrient movement was also quantified nondestructively using 32P monitoring with a scintillation probe and subsequently by destructively harvesting after 155 days. The presence of a fungus occupying a newly arriving resource had major effects on deployment of biomass and on the uptake and allocation of phosphorus in the established Pha. velutina system. The effects varied depending on the species occupying the new resource. Hyphal coverage was greater in the half of the system to which new resources were added. Following addition of new resources, there was massive redeployment of biomass away from regions with no new resource when the new resource was (1) uncolonized, (2) colonized by V. comedens, or (3) colonized by S. hirsutum (although to a lesser extent with the latter), but not with others. 32P was taken up by Pha. velutina both in the vicinity of the inoculum and the new resource and was translocated to the new resource from both sites of uptake; however, the local supply contributed most. Bidirectional translocation also occurred. The results are discussed in relation to mycelial foraging strategies, nutrient translocation, and partitioning within mycelial cord systems.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0095-3628
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 08:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62596

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