Skip to main navigation menu Skip to main content Skip to site footer
ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2023)

Preliminary list and visual guide of macrofungi of the Puyango Petrified Forest-Ecuador

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v15i2.2939
Submitted
April 11, 2023
Published
2023-10-18

Abstract

Ecuador is a Megadiverse country in Flora, Fauna and Funga, as well as to unique ecosystems such as the Puyango Petrified Forest. This forest has not been investigated for its fungal diversity. In the present work, a preliminarily list and quick visual guide of mainly wood-decomposing macrofungi is recorded for the first time for the Puyango Petrified Forest. The results suggest a great diversity of fungi for this forest, where 28 observations correspond to 28 morphospecies. This information marks the baseline for future research projects to show and value the neotropical fungi diversity in this protected area declared National Heritage of Ecuador.

viewed = 246 times

References

  1. Países megadiversos. (2014). Biodiversidad A-Z. Recuperado de https://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/megadiversecountries
  2. Hawksworth, D. L. y Lücking, R. (2017). Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species. Microbiology spectrum, 5(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0052-2016
  3. Jørgensen, P. M. (1999). Format of the Catalogue. En P. M. Jørgensen y S. León-Yánez (Eds.), Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador (pp. 41-42). Missouri Botanical Garden Press. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/ecuador/format.shtml
  4. Læssøe, T. y Petersen, J. H. (2008). Svampelivet på ækvator (hongos de Ecuador). Svampe 58, 1-53. https://goo.gl/qskf7w
  5. Andrade, J., Malagón, O., Piepenbring, M. y Armijos, C. (2012). Etnomicología y valor nutricional de macrohongos silvestres de la comunidad indígena saraguro en el sur del Ecuador. Boletín de la Sociedad Micológica Madrid, 36, 193-202. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/16255
  6. Cruz, D., Suárez, J. P. y Piepenbring, M. (2016). Morphological revision of Tulasnellaceae, with two new species of Tulasnella and new records of Tulasnella spp. for Ecuador. Nova Hedwigia, 102(3-4), 279-338. doi: https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0304
  7. Gamboa-Trujillo, P., Wartchow, F., Cerón-Martinez, C., Andi, D., Uwinjin, P., Grefa, G., Entza, M., Chimbo, E., Chimbo, J., Payaguaje, J., Piyaguaje, N., Payaguaje, D., Licuy, V., López, V., Mendua, M., Criollo, M., Jati, M., De La Cruz, S., Calazacón, M., Flores, S., Aules, E., Aigaje, C., De Aro, M., Morales, A., Murillo, Y., Farinango, G. y Gibertoni, T. (2019). Edible Mushrooms of Ecuador: consumption, myths and implications for conservation. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 18, 1–15. https://ethnobotanyjournal.org/index.php/era/article/view/1617
  8. Liede-Schumann, S. y Breckle, S. W. (2008). Provisional checklists of flora and fauna of the San Francisco valley and its surroundings (Reserva Biológica San Francisco, Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe, Southern Ecuador). Ecotropical Monographs, 4, 256.
  9. Suárez, J. P., Weiß, M., Abele, A., Garnica, S., Oberwinkler, F. y Kottke, I. (2006). Diverse tulasnelloid fungi form mycorrhizas with epiphytic orchids in an Andean cloud forest. Mycological Research, 110(11), 1257-1270. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycres.2006.08.004
  10. Cevallos, S., Herrera, P., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A., Declerck, S. y Suárez J. P. (2018). Untangling factors that drive community composition of root associated fungal endophytes of Neotropical epiphytic orchids. Fungal Ecology, 34, 67-75. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.05.002
  11. Vivanco-Galván, O., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A. y Suárez J. P. W. (2020). Wild Solanum cajanumensis species as a potential reservoir of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity compatible with cultivated Solanum betaceum
  12. species. Agriculture and Natural Resources, 54(5), 567-574. https://kasetsartjournal.ku.ac.th/abstractShow.aspx?param=YXJ0aWNsZUlEPTY1MjJ8bWVkaWFJRD02ODEx&from=4
  13. Benítez, Á., Cruz, D., Vega, M., González, L., Jaramillo, N., López, F. y Aguirre, Z. (2021). Briófitos y hongos (liquenizados y no liquenizados) del Parque Universitario Francisco Vivar Castro, Loja, Ecuador. Bosques Latitud Cero, 11(2), 1-18. doi: https://doi.org/10.54753/blc.v11i2.1102
  14. Gates, G. M., Goyes, P., Gundogdu, F., Cruz, J. y Ratkowsky, D. A. (2021). Small plot surveying reveals high fungal diversity in the Ecuadorian Amazon – a case study. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology, 11(1), 16-36. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350124266_Small_plot_surveying_reveals_high_fungal_diversity_in_the_Ecuadorian_Amazon_-a_case_study
  15. Toapanta-Alban, C. E., Ordoñez, M. E., Barnes, C. W. y Blanchette, R. A. (2021). Taxonomy of the major rhizomorphic species of the “Melanopus group” within Polyporaceae in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador. PloS One, 16(8), e0254567. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254567
  16. Kuhar, F., Furci, G., Drechsler-Santos, E. R. y Pfister, D. H. (2018). Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: The Fauna, Flora y Funga proposal (FF&F). IMA Fungus, 9(2), 71-74. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03449441
  17. Piepenbring, M., López, F. y Cáceres, O. (2016). Colaboradores escondidos – La Importancia de los Hongos en los Ecosistemas. Información para Educación Ambiental. Puente Biológico, 8, 57-91. http://www.tropica-verde.de/wpcontent/uploads/2018/03/Pilze-und-ihre-Bedeutung-f%C3%BCr-das-%C3%96kosystem.pdf
  18. Hetland, G., Johnson, E., Lyberg, T. y Kvalheim, G. (2011). The Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill Elicits Medicinal Effects on Tumor, Infection, Allergy, and Inflammation through Its Modulation of Innate Immunity and Amelioration of Th1/Th2 Imbalance and Inflammation. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, 2011, 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/157015
  19. Wisitrassameewong, K., Karunarathna, S. C., Thongklang, N., Zhao, R., Callac, P., Moukha, S., Férandon, C., Chukeatirote, E. y Hyde, K. D. (2012). Agaricus subrufescens: A review. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 19(2), 131-146. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SJBS.2012.01.003
  20. Thongklang, N., Chen, J., Bandara, A. R., Hyde, K. D., Raspé, O., Parra, L. A. y Callac, P. (2016). Studies on Agaricus subtilis, a new cultivatable species from Thailand, incidentally reveal the presence of Agaricus subrufescens in Africa. Mycoscience, 57(4), 239-250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.myc.2016.02.003
  21. Velázquez-Narváez, A. C., Medel, R., Mata, G. y Espinosa de los Monteros, A. (2018). Agaricus subrufescens en México: un recurso forestal no maderable, comestible, medicinal y potencialmente cultivable. Madera y Bosques, 24(2), 1-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.21829/myb.2018.2421574
  22. Zied, D. C., Vieira Junior, W. G., Soares, D. M. M., Stevani, C. V., Dias, E. S., Iossi, M. R. y Pardo-Giménez, A. (2021). Overview of four Agaricus subrufescens strains used in the last 15 years in Brazil and other countries and current potential materials for the future. Mycological Progress, 20(8), 953-966. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01711-x
  23. Morante-Carballo, F., Herrera-Narváez, G., Jiménez-Orellana, N. y Carrión-Mero, P. (2020). Puyango, Ecuador petrified forest, a geological heritage of the Cretaceous Albian-middle, and its relevance for the sustainable development of geotourism. Sustainability, 12(16), 6579. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12166579
  24. Ordoñez, M. E. (2022, mayo 19). Fungi del Ecuador. Fungario QCAM, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. https://bioweb.bio/fungiweb
  25. Batallas-Molina, R., Moya-Marcalla, G. F. y Navas Muñoz, D. (2021). Catálogo de hongos (Ascomycota y Basidiomycota) del Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE) del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO). ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 12(1), 38-71. doi: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v12i1.1755
  26. Jumbo-Eras, E., Herrera-Feijoo, R. J., Ávila-Andrade, A., Chicaiza-Ortiz, Á., Morocho-Cuenca, M. y Chicaiza-Ortiz, C. (2021). Evaluación de la biodiversidad, amenazas y estatus de conservación de la flora y fauna del Bosque Petrificado Puyango. Green World Journal, 4(2), 1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.53313/GWJ42018
  27. Tomao, A., Bonet, J. A., Castano, C. y de-Miguel, S. (2020). How does forest management affect fungal diversity and community composition? Current knowledge and future perspectives for the conservation of forest fungi. Forest Ecology and Management, 457, 117678. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117678
  28. Robles, C. A., Carmarán, C. C. y Lopez, S. E. (2012). Molecular techniques based on ITS analysis: useful tools for the identification of wood-decay Basidiomycetes in urban trees? Kurtziana, 37(1), 91-108. http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1852-59622012000100009&lng=es&tlng=
  29. Oberwinkler, F. (2012). Evolutionary trends in Basidiomycota. Stapfia, 96, 45-104. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Franz-Oberwinkler/publication/230646485_Evolutionary_trends_in_Basidiomycota/links/0912f502610c7955f5000000/Evolutionary-trends-in-Basidiomycota.pdf
  30. Kerrigan, R. W. (2005). Agaricus subrufescens, a cultivated edible and medicinal mushroom, and its synonyms. Mycologia, 97(1), 12-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.3852/MYCOLOGIA.97.1.12
  31. Cruz, D., Capa, D., Maza, D., Ojeda, R. y Ángel B. (2021). Producción y valor proteico de Pleurotus ostreatus en la región sur de Ecuador: Valor proteico de Pleurotus ostreatus. ACI Avances En Ciencias e Ingenierías, 12(2), 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v12i2.1806
  32. Gambato, G., Todescato, K., Pavão, E. M., Scortegagna, A., Fontana, R. C., Salvador, M. y Camassola, M. (2016). Evaluation of productivity and antioxidant profile of solid-state cultivated macrofungi Pleurotus albidus and Pycnoporus sanguineus. Bioresource technology, 207, 46–51. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.121
  33. Kolniak-Ostek, J., Oszmiański, J., Szyjka, A., Moreira, H. y Barg, E. (2022). Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities in Ganoderma lucidum Wild Mushrooms in Poland, as Well as Their Phenolic and Triterpenoid Compounds. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(16), 9359. MDPI AG. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23169359
  34. Hyde, K.D., Xu, J., Rapior, S. et al. (2019). The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially. Fungal Diversity, 97, 1–136 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-019-00430-9

Most read articles by the same author(s)