ABSTRACT Fungi assembleed in Nags...

ABSTRACT

Fungi assembleed in Nags Head Woods Ecological guard (Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina) were identified and catalogued from 1996 to 2001 The 5666 ha keep contains the largest contiguous maritime forest onward a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its unique diversity of habitats supports maritime deciduous and fresh-water swamp forests. The objective of this meditation is to document the biodiversity of the fungi of this unique forest. To date, 101 taxa of fungi representing 78 genera have been identified and a checklist of species is at handed Species collected are on deposit in the Mycological Herbarium, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University.

INTRODUCTION

Maritime forests along the Atlantic coast of the United States contain unique and unusual assemblages of flora and fauna. Their ecology has been freshly summarized by Bellis (1995). Many of these forests are being forfeited to development. Nags Head forest-lands Ecological Preserve (NHW), under the stewardship of the Nature Conservancy, is the largest contiguous maritime forest [ca. 567 ha (1400 acres)] forward a barrier island on the east coast of the United States.

The ecology and vegetation of the barrier islands of southeastern United States were previously studied by way of Oosting (1954). Recently Russell (1995) provided an annotated checklist of tree species in NHW Wolfe reported 16 species of fungi from this forest (Bellis 1995) Grand and Vernia (1999) reported numbers of various taxa of fungi from Nags Head forests but did not include a species list.

Rossman and Farr (1997) and Rossman et al. (1998) violenceed the importance of determining fungal biodiversity, especially in unique ecosystem Consequently the objective of this reflection was to document the biodiversity of fungi of the maritime and fresh-water swamp forests of NHW This paper not aways a preliminary checklist of fungi amassed in Nags Head Woods, North Carolina from 1996-2001

MATERIALS AND systems

Various sites within NHW were visited at different times of the year from 1996 to 2001 adventure of a fungal species was recorded and collections were made either as a voucher for the fungal species or a voucher for a fresh occurrence on the host plant. Collections necessary for identification were placed in paper bags with appropriate field data and get backed to the laboratory. Collections are forward deposit in the Mycological Herbarium, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University. Nomenclature for plant species tread close upons Kartesz (1980).

RESULTS

One-hundr individual taxa of fungi, representing 78 genera in the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Deuteromycota have been construct to date. Fungal specimens are reported onward 24 host species of primarily, shady vascular plants representing 20 genera. A checklist of species of fungi is currented

CHECKLIST

ASCOMYCOTA

DISCOMYCETES

Lophodermium pinastri (Schrad.:Fr.) Chevall. -dead Pinus taeda L needle

HEMIASCOMYCETES

Taphrina caerulescens (Desmaz. & Mont) Tul -leaf blister forward Quercus falcata Michx.

LOCULOASCOMYCETES

Elsinoe corm Jenkins & Bitancourt -spot anthracnose upon Cornus florida L.

Hysterium angustatum Albertini & Schwein.:Fr. -on Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.

Pleomassaria siparia (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. -on Liquidambar styraciflua L

PYRENOMYCETES

Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Schwein.:Fr.) Pouzar -on Quercus virginiana P Mill.

Biscogniauxia nummularium (Bull:Fr) Kuntze -on dead Acer rubrum L

Cosmospora diminuata (Berk.) Rossman & Samuels -on Quercus virginiana

Diatrype prominens Howe -on Carya glabra (P Mill.) Sweet

Diatrype stigma (Hoffm:Fr) Fr -on dead Quercus nigra L branches

Diatrypella betulina (Peck) Sacc. -on Acer rubrum

Endothia gyrosa (Schwein.:Fr.) Fr -on dead and dying branches and stem of Quercus virginiana

Eutypa limaeformis (Schwein.) Cooke -on Quercus nigra

Eutypa sp -on Carya glabra

Eutypella sp -on Myrica cerifera L

Glonium lineare (Fr) De Not. -on Persea borbonia (L) Spreng Prunus serotina Ehrh and Nyssa aquatica L

Hypoxylon annulatum (Schwein.) Mont in Gay -on Quercus virginiana

Hypoxylon caries (Schwein.) Sacc. -on decorticated Salix nigra Marsh.

Hypoxylon truncatum (Schwein.:Fr.) JH Miller -on dead Quercus falcata and Q nigra

Microsphaera calocladophora GF Atk. -on Quercus falcata

Microsphaera vaccinii (Schwein.) Cooke & Peck -on Gaylussacia frondosa (L) Torr. & A. Gray in Torr.

Ophiodothella vaccinii Boyd -on Vaccinium arboreum

Phyllachora shiraiana Syd -on Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl

Phyllactinia angulata (E Salmon) s Blumer -on Quercus nigra leaves

Rosellinia subiculata (Schwein.:Fr.) Sacc. -on Quercus sp

Uncinula circinata Cooke & Peck -on Acer rubrum

Ustulina deusta (Hoffm:Fr) Lind -on Quercus virginiana

Xylaria cubensis (Mont) Fr -on dead Quercus falcata branch

Xylaria persicaria (Schwein.:Fr.) Berk. & M.A. Curtis -on advanced in years fruit of Liquidambar styraciflua

BASIDIOMYCOTA

GASTEROMYCETES

Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers) Morgan -expos sand in an explain powerline right-of-way