Nutrient composition of epigeous fungal sporocarps growing on different substrates in a New Zealand mountain beech forest

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-153

  Clinton, Peter W ^a   Buchanan, Peter K ^b   Allen, Robert B ^c  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fungal sporocarps; Mountain beech; Mycophagy; Nitrogen; Nothofagus

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; FOREST; FUNGAL SPORE; MAGNESIUM; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; MINERAL; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DALDINIA CONCENTRICA; FAGUS; FUNGI; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI; PLUTEUS;

EID: 0033025671     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512620     Document Type: Article

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