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Table 2 Temporal distribution of ECM families, including details of related species with significantly contrasted patterns, at the Puechabon site in control plots from December 2007 to June 2009

From: Ectomycorrhizal communities in a Mediterranean forest ecosystem dominated by Quercus ilex: seasonal dynamics and response to drought in the surface organic horizon

Parameter

Sampling period

Autumn

Spring

Total

Thelephoraceae

41.9 a

30.0 b

35.5

Thelephora caryophyllea

7.0 a

0.7 b

Cortinariaceae

17.1 a

16.5 a

16.7

Russulaceae

15.0 a

25.2 b

20.7

Russula sp1

0.4 a

3.9 b

Russula faustiana

2.0 a

4.6 b

Lactarius acerrimus

0.4 a

5.9 b

Cenococcum geophilum

12.6 a

11.9 a

12.2

Sebacinaceae

6.9 a

8.1 a

7.6

Pezizaceae

2.8 a

0.3 b

1.4

Tuberaceae

1.2 a

1.3 a

1.3

Tricholomataceae

0.8 a

1.9 a

1.4

Albatrellaceae

0.4 a

1.0 a

0.7

Hygrophoraceae

0.4 a

0.6 a

0.5

Sclerodermataceae

0.4 a

1.0 a

0.7

Clavulinaceae

0 a

0.3 a

0.2

Helvellaceae

0 a

1.0 a

0.5

Melanogastraceae

0 a

0.3 a

0.2

Other Ascomycotina

0.4 a

0.6 a

0.5

  1. Values are relative abundances of families and species (expressed as the percentage of the total number of sequenced tips). Values followed by different letters significantly differ according to chi-squared tests with Yates’s corrections