Predicting Mushroom Productivity from Long-Term Field-Data Series in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster Ait. Forests in the Context of Climate Change

Abstract

Long-term field-data series were used to fit a mushroom productivity model. Simulations enabled us to predict the consequences of management and climate scenarios on potential mushroom productivity. Mushrooms play an important ecological and economic role in forest ecosystems. Human interest in collecting mushrooms for self-consumption is also increasing, giving forests added value for providing recreational services. Pinus pinaster Ait. is a western Mediterranean species of great economic and ecological value. Over 7.5% of the total European distribution of the species is found on the Castilian Plateau in central Spain, where a great variety of mushrooms can be harvested. The aim of this study was to model and simulate mushroom productivity in Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) ecosystems in northern Spain under different silvicultural and climatic scenarios. A mixed model was fitted that related total mushroom productivity to stand and weather variables. The model was uploaded to the SiManFor platform to study the effect of different silvicultural and climatic scenarios on mushroom productivity. The selected independent variables in the model were the ratio between stand basal area and density as a stand management indicator, along with precipitation and average temperatures for September and November. The simulation results also showed that silviculture had a positive impact on mushroom productivity, which was higher in scenarios with moderate and high thinning intensities. The impact was highly positive in wetter scenarios, though only slightly positive and negative responses were observed in hotter and drier scenarios, respectively. Silviculture had a positive impact on mushroom productivity, especially in wetter scenarios. Precipitation had greater influence than temperature on total mushroom productivity in Maritime pine stands. The results of this paper will enable forest managers to develop optimal management approaches for P. pinaster forests that integrate Non-Wood Forest Products resources.

Climate-Smart Forestry Case Study: Spain

“…This would mean the mushroom fruiting season would extend towards winter. Herrero et al (2019) found consistent wild mushroom yields for Pinus pinaster in Castilla-y-León. Truffle productivity is also expected to shift under climate change, leading to lower-market-value species (summer truffles) becoming dominant relative to the current situation (Büntgen et al 2012).…”

Edible mushrooms, a vulnerable ecosystem service from African miombo woodlands

“…Boa, 2004;Egli et al, 2010;Bonet et al, 2014;Alday et al, 2017;Tomao et al, 2017;Collado et al, 2018) or model fungal production (e.g. Dahl et al, 2008;Bonet et al, 2010;Martínez-Peña et al, 2012;De Miguel et al, 2014;Hernández-Rodríguez et al, 2015;Tahvanainen et al, 2016;Herrero et al, 2019) were already conducted in Europe, in North America and in diverse subtropical regions, but the present study is the first for tropical Africa.…”

Impact of local and regional climate variability on fungi production from Pinus sylvestris forests in Soria, Spain

“…A number of studies coincide with the findings herein about the fundamental role of pre‐season (late summer and early autumn) precipitation over large scale regions such as the whole Mediterranean sector (Alday et al ., 2017; Herrero et al ., 2019). The relative less important influence of large scale temperature, although non negligible and focused on the persistence of warm temperatures during the onset of the production season, is also highlighted by a few works (Tahvanainen et al ., 2016; Taye et al ., 2016).…”