Larger fungi and some of earth's major catastrophies

Synopsis The agarics fruiting in natural and anthropogenic disturbed habitats are considered. The early colonists of such environments are species either able to utilise ephemeral resources or able to move nutrients quickly from one source to another. A suite of micro-characters uniting the species...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences
Main Author: Watling, Roy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1988
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/s0269727000007119
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0269727000007119
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Summary:Synopsis The agarics fruiting in natural and anthropogenic disturbed habitats are considered. The early colonists of such environments are species either able to utilise ephemeral resources or able to move nutrients quickly from one source to another. A suite of micro-characters uniting the species concerned is given. Attention is drawn to those agarics recorded from burns in various parts of the world, and from arctic-alpine areas. The concept of a geomorphological escalator is explored.