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Two Rare Northern Entoloma Species Observed in Sicily under Exceptionally Cold Weather Conditions
Giuseppe VenturellaAlessandro SaittaGerlando MandracchiaMaria Letizia Garganosubject
Mediterranean climateTime FactorsArticle SubjectClimateEntolomalcsh:Medicinelcsh:TechnologyGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologySpecies SpecificityAbundance (ecology)Ecosystemlcsh:ScienceSicilyWeatherEcosystemGeneral Environmental ScienceEcologybiologyMediterranean RegionEcologylcsh:Tlcsh:RTemperatureEdaphicGeneral MedicineVegetationbiology.organism_classificationCold TemperatureEuropeGeographyHabitatSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataEntoloma Sicily Ecologylcsh:QSeasonsSpecies richnessAgaricalesResearch Articledescription
The biology and ecology of manyEntolomaspecies is still poorly known as well as their geographical distribution. In Italy, there are no studies on the influence of weather on fungal abundance and richness and our knowledge on the ecology and distribution ofEntolomaspecies needs to be improved. The discovery of twoEntolomaspecies in Sicily (southern Italy), reported in the literature as belonging to the habitat of north European countries, was the basis leading to the assumption that anomalous climatic conditions could stimulate the growth of northern entolomas in the southernmost Mediterranean regions. The results of this study show that the presence of northernEntolomaspecies in Sicily is not influenced by the Mediterranean type of vegetation, by edaphic or altitudinal factors but by anomalous climatic trends of precipitations and temperatures which stimulate the fructification of basidiomata in correspondence with a thermal shock during autumn.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-26 | The Scientific World Journal |