Analysis of Plant-Fungus Interactions in <i>Calocybe gambosa</i> Fairy Rings.

ABSTRACT: Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Donk is an edible mushroom, highly appreciated especially in Italy. It forms fairy rings (FRs) characterized by a zone of dead vegetation corresponding to the underground-extending mycelial front, followed by a "greener belt" where vegetation is thriving. To better understand this particular phenomenon, the effect of C. gambosa mycelium on plants were studied both in situ, across different zones of FRs (external area-EX, fungal front-FF, greener belt-GB, internal area-IN) of three fairy rings, and ex situ on Poa trivialis L. Plant community analysis revealed significant changes in plant species composition across the zones, characterized by a decline in diversity and a vegetation shift, from dicotyledons to monocotyledons, progressing from the EX

SUBMITTER: Graziosi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12473715 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature