Towards management of invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi

• DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1243-x
• Publication Date: 2016-08-04T09:24:11Z
• Authors: Ian A. Dickie; Martin A. Nuñez; Anne Pringle; Teresa Lebel; Samuel G. Tourtellot; Peter R. Johnston
• Keywords: 570; Plant Science; Environmental science; invasive species; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Context (archaeology); Introduced species; Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions; Saproxylic Insect Ecology and Forest Management; Environmental resource management; Biology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecosystem; Ecology; Invasive species; co-invasion; ANZSRC::050103 Invasive Species Ecology; ANZSRC::31 Biological sciences; 500; Life Sciences; Paleontology; symbioses; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; 15. Life on land; soil ecology; Insect Science; FOS: Biological sciences; ANZSRC::41 Environmental sciences; Environmental Science; Physical Sciences; mycology; 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; Drivers and Impacts of Forest Pest Dynamics; Ecosystem Functioning; biosecurity

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are increasingly recognized as invasive species. Invasive ectomycorrhizal can be toxic to humans, may compete with native, edible or otherwise valuable fungi, facilitate the co-invasion of trees, and cause major changes in soil ecosystems, but also have positive effects, enabling plantation forestry and, some cases, becoming a food source. Land-managers interested controlling removing there few available strategies for management none based on robust scientific evidence. Nonetheless, despite absence relevant experiments, we suggest that knowledge fundamental ecology help guide strategies. We review literature potential prevention, slowing spread eradication, long-term management. In many cases most appropriate strategy will species context (including country) specific. order effectively address problems posed by land managers scientists need work together develop robustly test control