Ecology of wood‐inhabiting fungi in northern forests of Iran

• DOI: 10.1111/efp.12501
• Publication Date: 2019-02-22T13:40:37Z
• Authors: Ehsan Bari; Hamed Aghajani; Katie M. Ohno; Roya Shahi; Mike D. C. Hale; Mohsen Bahmani
• Keywords: Polyporaceae

Abstract Wood‐decay fungi are important in forest ecosystems and play an role nutrient carbon recycling. The scope of this research was to identify wood‐inhabiting wood‐decay macrofungi determine their ecology. We sampled standing trees dead wood oak hornbeam the northern forests Iran, specifically Mazandaran Golestan provinces. assessed influence field slope, elevation, site direction height fungal sporocarp position on tree. species belonged 11 families: Polyporaceae; Stereaceae; Ganodermataceae; Physalacriaceae; Agaricaceae; Xylariaceae; Pluteaceae; Coprinaceae; Strophariaceae; Pleurotaceae; Hydnaceae. most common identified Polyporaceae Ganodermataceae predominantly grew growing a slope 20%, at altitude 700–900 m, 0–3 m from ground southwesterly sides both tree species. These results indicated that factor determining abundance.