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Tricholoma matsutake is an ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungus capable of in vitro saprotrophic growth, but the sources of C and N used to generate sporocarps in vivo are not well understood. We examined natural abundance isotope data to investigate this phenomenon. For this purpose, C, N and their stable isotopes ( 13 C, 15 N) content of fungal sporocarps and their potential nutrient sources (i.e., foliage, litter, fine roots, wood, and soil) were investigated from two well-studied sites in Finland and Japan. Our results show that δ 13 C values of T. matsutake and other fungal groups are consistent with those of most studies, but a very high δ 15 N value (16.8‰ ± 2.3) is observed in T. matsutake. Such isotopic pattern of fungal δ 15 N suggests that matsutake has a greater proteolytic potential to digest chemically complex 15 N-enriched organic matter and hydrophobic hyphae. This assumption is further supported by a significant and positive correlation between δ 13 C cap-stipe and δ 15 N cap-stipe exclusively in T. matsutake, which suggests common C and N sources (protein) possible for isotopically enriched cap. The 13 C increase of caps relative to stipe presumably reflects greater contents of 13 C-enriched protein than 13 C-depleted chitin. We conclude that T. matsutake is a typical ECM fungus which obtains for its sporocarp development for both C and N from a common protein source (vs. photosynthetic carbon) present in soil organic matter.

Tricholoma matsutake may take more nitrogen in the organic form than other ectomycorrhizal fungi for its sporocarp development: the isotopic evidence