Grassland fairy rings of Leucocalocybe mongolica represent the center of a rich soil microbial community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ecological phenomenon of fungal fairy rings is usually found in grasslands and caused by the growth of specific fairy ring fungi in soil. The fairy rings are classified into three zones (DARK, DEAD, and OUT), and they have the potential to increase crop yield. Among these fairy rings, distinct characteristics of type I fairy rings can be seen in the rings formed by Leucocalocybe mongolica (LM). Our studies addressed changes in the soil microbial structure due to LM fairy rings to enhance understand of this ecological phenomenon.

Methods

In the present study, we report the soil microbial analysis results (fungi and bacteria), including those of metabarcoding (16s rRNA, ITS), microbial quantity, and metagenomics surveys of soils collected from various fairy ring

SUBMITTER: Duan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324675 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature