Abstract
Soil fungi play vital roles in the forest soil ecosystems through the nutrient cycle and organic substance decomposition, so the distribution of fungi at different altitudes has attracted increasing attention. However, their abundance, diversity, and community structure at different altitudes in temperate deciduous forests have rarely been studied. In this study, the fungal communities around two dominant trees (Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii Hance) in temperate deciduous forests at different altitudes (low altitude, medium altitude, high altitude) in the Taihang Mountains were identified via Illumina high-throughput sequencing according to the UNITE database. The soil chemical properties (soil pH value, soil available potassium, alkaline hydrolyzed nitrogen, soil available phosphorus contents, soil total nitrogen, and carbon contents) were also measured. The results revealed that the dominant genera around the tree species were Russula, Tylopilus, Sebacina, Saitozyma, Mortierella, Amanita, and Descolea. The highest relative abundance of fungi occurred at the lowest altitude. The species richness index and diversity index of fungi around Carpinus turczaninowii at low altitudes were the highest. The soil pH, available potassium content, and alkaline hydrolyzed nitrogen content played a crucial role in the composition and diversity of the fungal communities at different altitudes. Therefore, soil physicochemical properties were the important factors in forming fungi composition and diversity at different altitudes in the temperate forest.
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Claim · model-written summary
Russula, Tylopilus, and Sebacina were among dominant fungal genera around the two tree species.
- Taxon
- Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii Hance
Carpinus turczaninowii
Quercus aliena var. acutiserratae1 - Outcome
- dominant genera around the tree speciese0
RussulaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results revealed that the dominant genera around the tree species were Russula, Tylopilus, Sebacina, Saitozyma, Mortierella, Amanita, and Descolea.”
e1“Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii Hance”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest relative fungal abundance occurred at the lowest altitude.
- Taxon
- Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii HanceCarpinus turczaninowiiQuercus aliena var. acutiserratae1
- Outcome
- relative abundance of fungie0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Setting
- lowest altitudee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest relative abundance of fungi occurred at the lowest altitude.”
e1“Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii Hance”
Claim · model-written summary
Fungal species richness and diversity around Carpinus turczaninowii were highest at low altitudes.
- Taxon
- Carpinus turczaninowiiCarpinus turczaninowiie0
- Outcome
- species richness index and diversity index of fungie0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Setting
- low altitudese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The species richness index and diversity index of fungi around Carpinus turczaninowii at low altitudes were the highest.”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil pH, available potassium, and alkaline hydrolyzed nitrogen were important for fungal community composition and diversity across altitudes.
- Taxon
- Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii HanceCarpinus turczaninowiiQuercus aliena var. acutiserratae1
- Outcome
- composition and diversity of the fungal communitiese0
- Qualifier
- soil pH, available potassium content, and alkaline hydrolyzed nitrogen contente0
- Setting
- different altitudese0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The soil pH, available potassium content, and alkaline hydrolyzed nitrogen content played a crucial role in the composition and diversity of the fungal communities at different altitudes.”
e1“Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata and Carpinus turczaninowii Hance”