Ectomycorrhizal fungi of Scots pine as affected by litter and humus

Removal of litter and humus layers and herb vegetation dominated by the grass Deschampsia flexuosa ("sod-cutting") in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands enhanced numbers of species and sporocarps of ectomycorrhizal fungi, particularly in middle-aged and old stands. Three and a half years after sod-cutting soil conditions and the ectomycorrhizal flora in a middle-aged secondary stand on non-podzolic sandy soil came to closely resemble the nutrient-poor soil conditions and rich ectomycorrhizal flora in a spontaneously established Scots pine stand in a drift sand area. Sporocarps of ectomycorrh... Mehr ...