The impacts of white-rot fungi on altering wood chemistry have been studied mostly in vitro. However, in vivo approaches may enable better assessment of the nature of interactions between saprotrophic fungi and host tree in nature. Hence, decayed and sound wood samples were collected from a naturally infected tree (Carpinus betulus L.). Fruiting bodies of the white rot fungus Trametes versicolo...

In the last 50 years, to our knowledge, only 16 cases of diseases caused by Schizophyllum commune in humans have been reported. Within only 6 months, we found four isolates of this basidiomycetous fungus, obtained from patients suffering from chronic sinusitis. The cultures of the isolated fungi showed neither clamp connections nor fruiting bodies (basidiocarps), which are distinctive features ...

The woody flora of the Soviet Far East is rich and diverse when compared to dendrofloras at similar latitudes of the world. The bulk of this region lies north oflatitude 46 degrees. This area includes the northernmost stations in eastern Asia for many genera, e.g., Abelia, Acer, Aralia, Carpinus, Corylus, Fraxinus, Hydrangea, Ilex, Juglans, Magnolia, Morus, Quercus, Phellodendron, Sasa, Schizop...

The palynological analysis in the Karpatian–Sarmatian (late Early-Middle Miocene) interval of the cores Tengelic-2 and Hidas53 (Hungary) reveals the existence of a forest organized in altitudinal belts, developed in a subtropical–warm temperate humid climate, reflecting the so-called Miocene climatic optimum. Pollen changes from the late early Miocene to the late middle Miocene have been observ...

Carpinus L. (Gürgen) ve Ostrya Scop. (Kayacık) Betulaceae familyasına bağlı iki cinstir. Bu araştırmada, Türkiye’de doğal yayılış gösteren orientalis Mill. (Doğu gürgeni), betulus (Adi gürgeni) carpinifolia (Gürgen yapraklı kayacık) türlerinde sürgünlerin anatomik özellikleri (trahelerin radyal teğetsel çapları, 1 mm2’de trahe sayısı, mm’de özışını yüksekliği genişliği) karşılaştırmalı olarak i...

The diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities were compared among six Austrian natural forests, including oak-hornbeam, spruce-fir-beech, and Austrian pine forests, using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP, or TRF) analysis and sequence analysis of 16S rRNA genes. The forests studied differ greatly in soil chemical characteristics, microbial biomass, and nut...

The article presents the quantitative and qualitative attributes of dead wood in forests dominated by Carpinus betulus L. Kaniv Nature Reserve. study was conducted 130–140-year natural common hornbeam on two permanent sample plots 0.24 ha each identifying measuring all components standing lying (fallen) wood. It found that detritus has an average volume 39.8 m3/ha consists trees (23.1%) fallen ...

Understanding forest carbon budget and dynamics for sustainable resource management and ecosystem functions requires quantification of above- and below-ground biomass at individual tree species and stand levels. In this study, a total of 122 trees (9-12 per species) were destructively sampled to determine above- and below-ground biomass of 12 tree species (Acer mandshuricum, Acer mono, Betula p...