caa a22 4500 477105092 CHVBK 20180405111551.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01574703 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01574703 Microfungi from decaying leaves of two rain forest trees in Puerto Rico [Elektronische Daten] [J Polishook, G Bills, D Lodge] Fungal species richness and abundance were compared in leaf litter of two tree species,Guarea guidonia andManilkara bidentata, in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Four litter samples yielded a total of 3337 isolates, ranging from 591 to 1259 isolates/sample. The number of species/sample ranged from 134 to 228. Many uncommon litter hyphomycetes were recovered as well as coelomycetes, sterile strains, endophytes, and phytopathogens. Species-abundance distributions revealed a typical pattern of a few abundant species and a high proportion of rare species. Similarities in fungal species composition were not correlated with host species or with the site. Replicate samples examined by the moist chamber technique yielded a total of 24 species among the four litter samples. The particle filtration method indicated that leaves ofG. guidonia were more species-rich, while moist chambers indicated leaves ofM. bidentata were more species-rich. The moist chamber technique underestimated the number and species of viable fungi. Society for Industrial Microbiology, 1996 decomposition nationallicence microbial diversity nationallicence litter preference nationallicence spatial heterogeneity nationallicence Guarea guidonia nationallicence Manillkara bidentata nationallicence Polishook J. Natural Products Drug Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, RY80Y-120, 07065, Rahway, New Jersey, USA aut Bills G. Natural Products Drug Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, RY80Y-120, 07065, Rahway, New Jersey, USA aut Lodge D. Center for Forest Mycology Research, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, 00773, Luquillo, Puerto Rico, USA aut Journal of Industrial Microbiology Springer-Verlag 17/3-4(1996-09-01), 284-294 0169-4146 17:3-4<284 1996 17 10295 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01574703 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01574703 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Polishook J. Natural Products Drug Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, RY80Y-120, 07065, Rahway, New Jersey, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bills G. Natural Products Drug Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, RY80Y-120, 07065, Rahway, New Jersey, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lodge D. Center for Forest Mycology Research, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, 00773, Luquillo, Puerto Rico, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Industrial Microbiology Springer-Verlag 17/3-4(1996-09-01), 284-294 0169-4146 17:3-4<284 1996 17 10295 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer