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Diversity and colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the tree fern Alsophila firma in rainy and dry season

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Alsophila firma is a deciduous tree fern considered as an emblematic species of Mexican tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF). We studied spores diversity, structure and colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) within the roots of the Alsophila firma in rainy and dry season. Eighteen species of the genera Acaulospora (5), Gigaspora (4), Glomus (4), Funneliformis (2), Sclerocystis (2) and Scutellospora (1) were identified. The species F. constrictum, F. geosporum, Gigaspora albida, G. decipiens, Glomus microaggregatum and Sclerocystis coremioides are reported for the first time in TMCF. The dominant genera were Funneliformis and Acaulospora. In rainy season, a higher richness (H′ t0.005(2)9 = 4.78) and evenness (E) of AMF spores was recorded, compared to the dry season. However, the degree of colonization was statistically significant higher in the dry season. This study is the first to estimate the species richness of AMF associated with the rhizosphere of a fern in Mexico as well as for A. firma.

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We are grateful to O. R. Anderson and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. The first author thanks the CONACyT for financial support for PhD studies through scholarship No. 223899 in the INBIOTECA, Universidad Veracruzana. We also thank Mauricio D. Valdés Baizabal for his assistance during fieldwork and Ricardo Romero, the owner of Las Cañadas forest reserve for logistical support.

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  1. Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. de las Culturas Veracruzanas No. 101, Campus para la Cultura, las Artes y el Deporte, col. Emiliano Zapata, 91090, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Luis A. Lara-Pérez, Juan C. Noa-Carrazana, Enrique Alarcón-Gutiérrez, Lázaro R. Sánchez-Velásquez & Antonio Andrade-Torres

  2. Facultad de Estadística e Informática, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Av. Xalapa esq. Manuel Ávila Camacho s/n, 91020, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Sergio Hernández-González

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    Ramón Zulueta-Rodríguez & Liliana Lara-Capistrán

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Lara-Pérez, L.A., Noa-Carrazana, J.C., Hernández-González, S. et al. Diversity and colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the tree fern Alsophila firma in rainy and dry season. Symbiosis 62, 143–150 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-014-0279-x

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