Open AccessMushroom phenological changes: A role for resource availability?
Author(s) -
Alan C. Gange,
Aqilah Mohammad,
Athanasios Damialis,
Edward G. Gange
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.1219640110
Subject(s) - phenology , mushroom , resource (disambiguation) , biology , ecology , computer science , botany , computer network
An analysis of fungal phenology in a recent issue of PNAS suggested that there has been an extension of the mushroom fruiting season across Europe (1). The extended season effect is particularly strong in the United Kingdom (1, 2) and was attributed to greater climatic changes in that country. Here, we contend that the extended season conclusion may be correct but that the suggested mechanisms that contribute to it (1) are not so. The recent analysis concentrated on saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi using a national database (1). An identical analysis of the same fungi species (1), and listed in an earlier, localized, and rigorous study in the United Kingdom (2 …
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