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The geographical distribution of a saprotrophic hyphomycete,Sporidesmium goidanichii was studied in pine forests of Japan. Using the data of 282 fungal communitles of pine leaf litter collected over a wide range of climatic conditions, the relationships among two indexes of distribution of the species (constancy and abundance) and three climatic variables were analyzed by the multiple regression analysis. The results demonstrated that the mean annual air temperature and the mean annual range (the difference in monthly mean air temperatures between the coldest and warmest months at the study sites) were necessary variables for the prediction of the values of indexes ofS. goidanichii in pine forests of Japan, while the mean annual precipitation was an unimportant factor. The distribution patterns of the fungus along the gradients of two temperature variables were analyzed graphically. The fungus has an optimal climatic area with high values of indexes where is restricted to the center of the warm temperate regions of the main islands. The relationship between the life strategy of the fungus and its temperature-dependent distribution pattern in Japan was also discussed.
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Tokumasu, S. Geographical distribution ofSporidesmium goidanichii in pine forests of Japan. Mycoscience 42, 575–589 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460957
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