比黄金更丰富:洛塞德罗斯保护区的真菌生物多样性,这是一个受威胁的安第斯云林
R Vandegrift1,2, D S Newman3,4, B T M Dentinger5
1Inst. of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97402, USA. werdnus@gmail.com.
Botanical studies
|July 6, 2023
概括
这项研究记录了厄瓜多尔洛斯塞德罗斯云林中的真菌多样性,揭示了至少727种物种. 这些发现凸显了该地区的真菌丰富性,并强调了保护这些受威胁的热带生态系统的重要性.
科学领域:
- 菌类学 菌类学是指菌类学.
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 热带地区拥有大量未经描述的真菌多样性,面临着息地破坏和气候变化的威胁.
- 厄瓜多尔的主要云层森林洛斯塞德罗斯是具有高生物多样性的关键,样本不足的息地.
- 在这项研究之前,该地区还没有进行广泛的真菌调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了记录洛斯塞德罗斯保护区的主要云林中的真菌多样性.
- 建立用于保护评估的真菌生物多样性的基线.
- 为公共存储库提供数据,以便更广泛的科学访问.
主要方法:
- 从2008年到2019年进行了地面调查,结果有1760个凭证收集.
- 利用ITS条形码测序和数字摄影来记录真菌的多样性.
- 在QCNE (厄瓜多尔) 存款收集,并通过GenBank和iNaturalist.com共享数据.
主要成果:
- 初步鉴定显示,至少有727种独特的真菌物种分布在4个类系,17个类,40个顺序,101个家族和229个属.
- 两种类型 (Thamnomyces chocöensis, "Lactocollybia" aurantiaca) 被推加入国际自然保护联盟真菌红色名单.
- 对于另外两个正在考虑的物种 (Hygrocybe aphylla, Lamelloporus americanus) 添加了发生数据.
结论:
- 菌在Chocó生物区表现出高度的多样性和特有性,反映了植物和动物的多样性和特有性.
- 这些收藏增强了对新热带地区真菌生物多样性驱动因素的理解.
- 收集的数据对于为该地区的保护计划提供信息和支持至关重要.
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