Article: Climate Records, Isotopes, and C:N Stoichiometry Reveal Carbon and Nitrogen Flux Dynamics Differ Between Functional Groups of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
Ecosystems. 2022 Aug., v. 25, no. 5
2022
Abstract: A major functional division in ectomycorrhizal fungi is between taxa with hydrophobic ectomycorrhizae (strong proteolytic capabilities, deep nitrogen (N) acquisition, and extensive hyphal development) versus hydrophilic ectomycorrhizae (limited hyphal ... ...
Abstract | A major functional division in ectomycorrhizal fungi is between taxa with hydrophobic ectomycorrhizae (strong proteolytic capabilities, deep nitrogen (N) acquisition, and extensive hyphal development) versus hydrophilic ectomycorrhizae (limited hyphal development, shallow N acquisition, and weak proteolytic capabilities). These two groups may differ in dynamic responses to recent plant carbon (C) fluxes and in N dynamics. Here, we measured sporocarp δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, and C: N stoichiometry of ectomycorrhizal fungi from Betula-dominated stands in northern Finland from 1971 to 1983. We compared weather conditions for the 6 weeks prior to collection, hydrophobicity, C/N, and site-specific factors against the above parameters to test for (a) temporal dynamics of carbon fluxes from host plants to ectomycorrhizal fungi, (b) N dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Taxa primarily responded in δ¹³C and C/N to weather variability for the prior 3 weeks, indicating climatic conditions and plant C supply rapidly modulated fungal growth. However, hydrophilic taxa varied less overall in C/N than hydrophobic taxa and were less responsive in C/N to weather variability. Compared to hydrophilic taxa, species with hydrophobic ectomycorrhizae were low in δ¹³C and high in δ¹⁵N, with δ¹⁵N and C/N negatively correlated, particularly at low δ¹³C. This presumably reflected the partitioning of ¹³C-enriched and ¹⁵N-depleted structural carbohydrates and chitin into the extensive belowground mycelia, limited influx of soil-derived N during sporocarp formation (semi-closed system), and the subsequent formation of ¹³C-depleted and ¹⁵N-enriched sporocarps. Functional differences in C and N dynamics among ectomycorrhizal taxa were deduced from weather records and sporocarp δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, and C/N measurements. |
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Keywords | carbon ; chitin ; ectomycorrhizae ; fruiting bodies ; fungal growth ; hydrophilicity ; hydrophobicity ; hyphae ; mycelium ; nitrogen ; proteolysis ; stoichiometry ; temporal variation ; weather ; Finland |
Language | English |
Dates of publication | 2022-08 |
Size | p. 1207-1217. |
Publishing place | Springer US |
Document type | Article |
ZDB-ID | 1428921-0 |
ISSN | 1435-0629 ; 1432-9840 |
ISSN (online) | 1435-0629 |
ISSN | 1432-9840 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10021-021-00710-z |
Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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