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

Table 3 Variation in abundance between control and rainfall exclusion plots for the 29 most abundant ECM species at the Puechabon site from December 2007 to June 2009

Family or fungal group	Species with a higher abundance in		Species with no change in abundance
Family or fungal group	Rainfall exclusion	Control	Species with no change in abundance
Thelephoraceae	Tomentella lilacinogrisea***	Tomentella subtestacea***	Tomentella sp
		Tomentella coerulea*	Thelephora caryophyllea
			Tomentella bryophila
			Tomentella badia
			Tomentella subclavigera
			Tomentella stuposa
Cortinariaceae	Hebeloma velutipes**	Inocybe hirtella**	Inocybe griseolilacina
	Cortinarius torvus*		Inocybe flocculosa
	Cortinarius tenuiores group sp1*		Cortinarius neofurvolaesus
	Cortinarius tenuiores group sp1*		Cortinarius hinnuleus
Russulaceae	Russula maculata***	Russula sp1***	Lactarius subserifluus
		Russula faustiana**	Russula sp2
		Lactarius acerrimus**	Russula vinosobrunnea
Sebacinaceae		Sebacina incrustans***	Sebacina epigaea
Pyronemataceae	Humaria hemisphaerica***
Other Ascomycotina			Cenococcum geophilum
Pezizaceae			Hydnobolites cerebriformis

Significant differences between treatments using chi-squared tests with Yates’s correction: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001

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