Abstract
Enormous amounts of allochthonous wood from natural and man-made sources enter the sea. This lignocellulosic substrate is colonized by obligate marine lignicolous fungi that are exclusive to the woody substrate. Nearly 150 species of such fungi are known. Spores of these fungi possess a large variety of spore appendages that help them to attach to woody substrates in the sea. They are also useful in taxonomical identification of these fungi. Diversity of lignicolous marine fungi is influenced by water temperature and the type of wood. Arenicolous fungi produce ascocarps that adhere to sand grains. Fungi colonize wood in a succession of species. Most marine lignicolous fungi produce various lignocellulase enzymes and cause the “soft rot” in wood. Fungi may be important agents that promote settlement and growth of various wood borers.
The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
E. O. Wilson
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Raghukumar, S. (2017). Allochthonous Wood in Coastal Waters. In: Fungi in Coastal and Oceanic Marine Ecosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54304-8_4
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