Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Vertical Distribution of Communities of Epiphytic Myxomycetes on Woody Introduced Plants in Siberia

  • Published:
Contemporary Problems of Ecology Aims and scope

Abstract

The taxonomic diversity of epiphytic myxomycetes depending on the height of the trunk on living woody plants in the arboretum of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (CSBG SB RAS), has been studied. All samples of myxomycetes are obtained by cultivation by the method of moist chambers in the laboratory in Petri dishes. Sampling of bark from living woody plants is carried out at a height of trunks from 0 to 15 m from the soil level. The experiment involves nine species of introduced deciduous woody plants Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Prunus maackii, Populus alba, Salix alba, S. pentandra, S. triandra, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia cordata, and Jungles mandshurica. As a result of data analysis, 51 species of myxomycetes are revealed. It is noted that the species composition of myxomycetes on the studied woody plants differs significantly from that on native tree species growing on the territory of the botanical garden. Two species of the genus Arcyria and Trichia new for science, 3 species new to Russia (Didymium clavodecus, D. ovoideum, and D. synsporon), and 18 species new for Novosibirsk Region have been identified. A description of species new to science is given; photographs of sporocarps, spores, and capillitium studied using light and scanning electron microscopy are provided; and a comparison with morphologically similar species is made. A change in the taxonomic composition of myxomycete communities depending on the height of the trunk is established. On the bark collected at the roots of trees, 25 species of myxomycetes have been identified; at a height of 1.5 m, 18; at a height of 5 m, 32; at a height of 10 m, 14; and, at a height of 15 m, 17. Representatives of the genus Perichaena are found at all heights, but the greatest species diversity is noted in the basal part, where seven species are noted, while species of the genus Didymium have the maximum species diversity (six species) at a height of 5 m, including three species new to Russia, noted only at this height. The distribution of the number of samples by height showed that the bark of living woody plants is most abundantly populated at a height of 5 m (72 samples) and at the root (50 samples).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 5.
Fig. 6.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Blackwell, M.M. and Gilbertson, R.L., Distribution and sporulation phenology of Myxomycetes in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, Microb. Ecol., 1984, vol. 10, pp. 369–377.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Chung, C.H. and Tzean, S.S., Notes on Myxomycetes from China: two new names, Mycotaxon, 2000, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 483–484.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Everhart, S.E., Keller, H.W., and Ely, J.S., Influence of bark pH on the occurrence and distribution of tree canopy myxomycete species, Mycologia, 2008, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 191–204.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Fanning, E., Ely, J.S., Thorsten, L.H., and Keller, H.W., Vertical distribution of lichen growth forms in tree canopies of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Southeast. Nat., 2007, vol. 6, no. sp2, pp. 83–88.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. García-Cunchillos, I., Zamora, J.C., Ryberg, M., and Lado, C., Phylogeny and evolution of morphological structures in a highly diverse lineage of fruiting-body-forming amoebae, order Trichiales (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa), Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2022, vol. 177, p. 107609.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Gilbert, H.C. and Martin, G.W., Myxomycetes found on the bark of living trees, Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist., 1933, vol. 15, pp. 3–8.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Härkönen, M., Corticolous Myxomycetes in three different habitats in southern Finland, Karstenia, 1977, vol. 17, pp. 19–32.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Härkönen, M., On corticolous Myxomycetes in northern Finland and Norway, Ann. Bot. Fenn., 1978, vol. 15, pp. 32–37.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Härkönen, M., Myxomycetes developed on litter of common Finnish trees in moist chamber cultures, Nordic J. Bot., 1981, vol. 1, pp. 791–794.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Härkönen, M. and Maaka Kola, T., Conclusions on Myxomycetes completed over twenty-five years from 4793 moist chamber cultures, Stapfia, 2000, vol. 155, pp. 105–112.

    Google Scholar 

  11. https://russia.myxomycetes.org/. Cited January 15, 2023.

  12. Keller, H.W. and Braun, K.L., Myxomycetes of Ohio: Their Systematics, Biology, and Use in Teaching, Ohio: Ohio Biological Survey, 1999, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 1–182.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Levia, D.F. and Wubbena, N.P., Vertical variation of bark water storage capacity of Pinus strobus L. (Eastern White Pine) in Southern Illinois, Northeast. Nat., 2006, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 131–137.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Li, Y., Li, H.Z., and Wang, Q., Myxomycetes from China II. Two new species of Trichia, Mycosystema, 1989, vol. 2, pp. 241–246.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Li, Y., Li, H.Z., and Chen, Sh.-L., Myxomycetes from China IX. A new species of Trichia, Mycosystema, 1992, vol. 5, pp. 175–178.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Lima, V.X. and Cavalcanti, L.D., Ecology of lignicolous Myxomycetes in Brazilian Atlantic rain forest, Mycol. Prog., 2015, vol. 14, no. 92, pp. 1–9.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Lister, G., Presidential address: Field notes on Mycetozoa, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 1933, vol. 18, pp. 18–29.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Loganathan, P., Distribution and ecology of Myxomycetes, Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci., 2016, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 188–190.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Madelin, M.F., Myxomycete data of ecological significance, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 1984, vol. 83, pp. 1–19.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Mubarak, A.N. and Kalyanasundaram, I., Amylase as an extracellular enzyme from plasmodia of Myxomycetes, Mycol. Res., 1991, vol. 95, no. 7, pp. 885–896.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Novozhilov, Yu.K., Myxomycetes (class Myxomycetes) of Russia: taxonomical composition, ecology, and geography, Doctoral (Biol.) Dissertation, St. Petersburg, 2005.

  22. Rollins, A.W. and Stephenson, S.L., Global distribution and ecology of Myxomycetes, Curr. Topic Plant Biol., 2011, vol. 12, pp. 1–14.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Schnittler, M., Unterseher, M., and Tesmer, J., Species richness and ecological characterization of myxomycetes and myxomycete-like organisms in the canopy of a temperate deciduous forest, Mycologia, 2006, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 223–232.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  24. Snell, K.L. and Keller, H.W., Vertical distribution and assemblages of corticolous myxomycetes on five tree species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mycologia, 2003, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 565–576.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Stephenson, S.L., Distribution and ecology of Myxomycetes in temperate forests I. Patterns of occurrence in the upland forests of southwestern Virginia, Can. J. Bot., 1988, vol. 66, pp. 2187–2207.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Stephenson, S.L., Distribution and ecology of Myxomycetes in southern Appalachian subalpine coniferous forests, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard., 2004, vol. 89, pp. 203–212.

    Google Scholar 

  27. Stephenson, S.L. and Stempen, H., Myxomycetes. A Handbook of Slime Molds. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1994.

    Google Scholar 

  28. Urich, T., Lanzén, A., Qi, J., Huson, D.H., Schleper, C., and Schuster, S.C., Simultaneous assessment of soil microbial community structure and function through analysis of the meta-transcriptome, PLoS One, 2008, vol. 3, no. 6, p. e2527.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  29. Vlasenko, A.V. and Vlasenko, V.A., First Asian record of Comatricha anomala, a rare epiphytic corticolous myxomycete, Karstenia, 2020, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 10–15.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Vlasenko, A.V., Novozhilov, Yu.K., Vlasenko, V.A., Korolyuk, A.Yu., and Dulepova, N.A., New data on the obligate coprophilous myxomycetes of Siberia, Izv. Irkutsk. Gos. Univ., Ser. Biol. Ekol., 2017, vol. 21, pp. 50–60.

    Google Scholar 

  31. Vlasenko, A.V., Filippova, N.V., and Vlasenko, V.A., Echinostelium novozhilovii (Echinosteliaceae, Myxomycetes), a new species from Northern Asia, Phytotaxa, 2018a, vol. 367, no. 1, pp. 091–096.

  32. Vlasenko, A.V., Novozhilov, Yu.K., Schnittler, M., Vlasenko, V.A., and Tomoshevich, M.A., Pattern of substrate preferences of free living protists (Myxomycetes) on decaying wood, Contemp. Probl. Ecol., 2018b, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 494–502.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Vlasenko, A.V., Filippova, N.V., and Vlasenko, V.A., Echinostelium microsporum (Echinosteliaceae, Myxomycetes), a new epiphytic corticolous species from Russia, Phytotaxa, 2019a, vol. 416, no. 1, pp. 067–072.

  34. Vlasenko, A.V., Vlasenko, V.A., Naumenko, Yu.V., and Tomoschevich, M.A., First records of rare epiphytic species Physarum lakhanpalii and Ph. lenticulare for Russia, Turczaninowia, 2019b, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 072–079.

  35. Vlasenko, A., Filippova, N., and Vlasenko, V., A new epiphytic species, Symphytocarpus macrosporus (Myxomycetes) from Western Siberia, Russia, Karstenia, 2020, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 393–400.

    Google Scholar 

  36. Vlasenko, A.V., Filippova, N.V., and Vlasenko, V.A., First Russian records of Stemonitis rhizoideipes and Fuligo aurea, and newly observed morphology for Comatricha anomala, Mycotaxon, 2022, vol. 137, pp. 371–380.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The work of A.V. Vlasenko for insertion at the herbarium was carried out with financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia under Agreement no. 075-15-2021-1056 dated September 28, 2021, between the Komarov Botanical Institute, RAS, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, as well as agreement EP/29-10-21-4 between the Komarov Botanical Institute, RAS, and the CSBG SB RAS.

Funding

Work on the study of the species composition and ecology of myxomycetes was conducted as part of the basic topics no. AAAA-A21-121011290024-5 and AAAA-A21-121011290027-6 of the CSBG SB RAS. Materials from the CSBG SB RAS bioresource scientific collection “Collections of Living Plants in Open and Protected Ground,” USU 440534 were used.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    A. V. Vlasenko & M. A. Tomoshevich

  2. Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    B. P. Chelobanov

  3. Novosibirsk State University, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    B. P. Chelobanov

Authors
  1. A. V. Vlasenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. M. A. Tomoshevich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. B. P. Chelobanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. V. Vlasenko.

Ethics declarations

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Vlasenko, A., Tomoshevich, M. & Chelobanov, B. Vertical Distribution of Communities of Epiphytic Myxomycetes on Woody Introduced Plants in Siberia. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 16, 466–478 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425523040121

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425523040121

Keywords:

Search

Navigation