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Fungal communities on submerged wood from streams in Brunei, Hong Kong, and Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2002

Wai Hong HO ,
Kevin D. HYDE ,
I. John HODGKISS  and
YANNA
Wai Hong HO
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Fungal Diversity, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: whhob@hkucc.hku.hk
Kevin D. HYDE
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Fungal Diversity, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: whhob@hkucc.hku.hk
I. John HODGKISS
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Fungal Diversity, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: whhob@hkucc.hku.hk
YANNA
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Fungal Diversity, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: whhob@hkucc.hku.hk
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Abstract

Fungi on submerged wood in streams are a diverse group, comprising taxa from various families. Fungal communities on submerged wood collected from Sungai Sitam in Brunei, Tai Po Kau Forest Stream in Hong Kong, and from a stream in Lipur Lentang Nature Reserve in Malaysia are reported. One hundred and forty-seven taxa were recorded. A higher species diversity including temperate and tropical species was recorded in Tai Po Kau Forest Stream in the subtropics. Ascomycetes and their asexual stages were dominant in tropical and subtropical freshwater habitats, while discomycetes were rare in these habitats. Distinct fungal communities are found on submerged wood in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions and these are discussed. Including the fungi identified in this study, over 1000 fungi has been recorded from freshwater habitats.

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Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 105 , Issue 12 , December 2001 , pp. 1492 - 1501
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2001

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Footnotes

Paper presented at the Asian Mycological Congress 2000 (AMC 2000), incorporating the 2nd Asia–Pacific Mycological Congress on Biodiversity and Biotechnology, and held at the University of Hong Kong on 9–13 July 2000.