18 Salt marsh fungi

Unrecognized controls on microbial functioning in Blue Carbon ecosystems: The role of mineral enzyme stabilization and allochthonous substrate supply

“…The abundance of fungal decomposer communities in terrestrial soils can have important implications for nutrient and energy fluxes and is an important component of terrestrial food‐web models and concepts (Moore et al, ; Strickland & Rousk, ). However, whether findings from terrestrial systems concerning the ecological functions of fungal decomposer communities are applicable to tidal‐wetland soils is unclear, because the majority of studies from wetlands and tidal wetlands focused on fungi associated with standing dead biomass or surface litter (Hyde & Lee, ; da Luz Calado & Margarida, ; Yarwood, ).…”

Molecular data reveals a new holomorphic marine fungus, Halobyssothecium estuariae, and the asexual morph of Keissleriella phragmiticola

“…Earlier reports showed that most Halobyssothecium species produced a phoma-like asexual morph. However, several studies on halobyssothecium-like species have not accurately described their asexual morphs (Calado and Barata 2012 ; Dayarathne et al 2018 ). We have found a xylomyces-like asexual morph which is connected to the Halobyssothecium estuariae sexual morph which supported in establishing a distinction from H. obiones .…”

“…Salt marshes are worldwide costal marine ecosystems (Allen and Pye 1992 ; Simas et al 2001 ), with diverse halophytic macrophytes such as Spartina spp., Juncus roemerianus, Suaeda maritima, S. monoica, Phragmites spp. and sea grass species of Halodule, Thalassia and Zostera occur (Teal 1962 ; Christian et al 1990; Newell et al 1995 ; Van Ryckegem et al 2006 ; Calado and Barata 2012 ; Dayarathne et al 2019 ). Salt marshes are distributed worldwide and are recognised as a most productive costal ecosystem, with a vital role in nutrient recycling and shoreline protection (Gessner and Kohlmeyer 1976 ; Newell et al 1995 ; Newell 1996 ; Calado et al 2015 , 2019 ).…”

“…Salt marshes are distributed worldwide and are recognised as a most productive costal ecosystem, with a vital role in nutrient recycling and shoreline protection (Gessner and Kohlmeyer 1976 ; Newell et al 1995 ; Newell 1996 ; Calado et al 2015 , 2019 ). Studies on salt marsh plants, such as Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus and Phragmites australis , have been shown to support a great diversity of marine fungi akin to many mangrove plants (Fell and Hunter 1979 ; Cuomo et al 1982 , 1985 ; Poon and Hyde 1998 ; Barata 2002 ; Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 2002 ; Wong and Hyde 2002 ; Van Ryckegem and Verbeken 2005 ; Calado and Barata 2012 ; Jones et al 2019 ).…”

Fungal Biodiversity in Salt Marsh Ecosystems

“…The taxa were listed based on the recent outline of fungi and fungus-like taxa by Wijayawardene et al [ 33 ]. Since previous works only listed the taxa and the hosts [ 34 , 35 , 36 ], here we include the plant parts where the fungus was observed, the location (country: state/province) where the host was collected, the life mode of the fungus, and the pertinent literature citations are included ( Table 1 ). The accepted name of the host was based on the webpage of the World Flora Online consortium ( ; accessed on 10 May 2021), GrassBase ( ; accessed on 10 May 2021) and CRC World Dictionary of Grasses by Quattrocchi [ 37 ].…”