Fungi as responsive and accumulative bioindicators of forest site pollution in the Salek valley | Glive kot odzivni in akumulacijski bioindikatorji onesnazenosti gozdnih rastisc v Saleski dolini
2006
Al Sayegh-Petkovsek, S., Inst. for ecology research, Velenje (Slovenia) | Pokorny, B.
Belowground and aboveground fungal communities in the Salek Valley were analysed to assess the potential forest site pollution. Fungi were used as responsive (the inventory of macrofungi, determination of types of ectomycorrhizae, analyses of mycorrhizal potential) and accumulative bioindicators (heavy metal level in fruiting bodies of higher fungi). The following issues were emphasized: (a) inventory of macrofungi, (b) identification and biodiversity of types of ectomycorrhizae; (c) analysis of mycorrhizal potential of differently polluted forest research plots; and (d) determination of heavy metal levels in fruiting bodies of macrofungi. Considering all issues, fungi were confirmed as effective bioindicators of forest ecosystem condition.
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