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Composition and seasonal variation of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore community in litter, root mat, and soil from a subtropical rain forest

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Community composition and seasonal variation of sporulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been studied in soils from many ecosystems including subtropical forest. Yet, AMF community composition has been surveyed only from the mineral soil but not from the litter layer and the root mat, and long-term variation in sporulation is not fully understood. We sampled a 75-m2 plot from a subtropical forest to determine AMF community composition in the following habitats: the litter layer, the root mat, and the mineral soil. Moreover, samples were taken in fall, winter, spring, and summer over a 2-year period to follow the seasonal variation of AMF sporulation. We detected 47 AMF species belonging to six families and 14 genera, Glomeraceae and Acaulosporaceae being the most represented families. Sixteen species were common to all three habitats, five species were shared between two habitats, and 26 species were recovered exclusively from single habitats. While species richness was not significantly different among habitats, AMF total spore numbers were significantly higher in the litter and root mat compared to the soil. PERMANOVA did not detect a significant effect of habitats on community composition when species presence/absence was considered, but significant differences between litter versus soil and root mat versus soil were detected when spore abundance was considered. A seasonal pattern of spore abundance for species was not observed over the 2-year sampling period regardless of habitat. This study revealed that (i) different AMF species sporulate in the different habitats; thus, field surveys considering only the mineral soil might underestimate species richness and (ii) AMF species sporulate asynchronously in subtropical forest.

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KK and DAS thank the Program for Scientific Initiation PIBIC/FURB and PIBIC/CNPq for research assistantship during the development of this work. SLS thanks the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for a Research Assistantship (Process 307.995/2019-4). GSG thanks the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brazil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001. The authors are indebted to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their comments and contributions to improve the manuscript.

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Kemmelmeier, K., dos Santos, D.A., Grittz, G.S. et al. Composition and seasonal variation of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore community in litter, root mat, and soil from a subtropical rain forest. Mycorrhiza 32, 409–423 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-022-01084-3

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