Checklist of fungi and fungi-like organisms on the common reed Phragmites australis

Abstract

This report provides an updated checklist of fungi on the common reed Phragmites australis (Cavanilles) Trinius ex Steudel. For each fungus or fungi-like organism species, we indicate the family, the part of the plant on which the fungus was found, the geographical location, and the authors who found it. The list includes fungal species on living and dead plants in the air, soil and water environment. The list contains two kingdoms, Fungi and Chromista (fungi-like organisms). The fungus kingdom is represented by 562 species belonging to 328 genera, 143 families, 58 orders, and 21 classes in three taxonomic phyla: Mucoromycota (6 species), Ascomycota (508), Basidiomycota (48). The Chromista includes 37 species belonging to eight genera, four families, three orders, and one class under one taxonomic phylum, Oomycota. From the fungus kingdom, 230 species were discovered on leaves, 124 on leaf sheaths, 336 on stems, 75 on roots, 435 in the freshwater environment, 195 in seawater, 262 on submerged plant parts, 79 in dry soil, 324 in aerial plant parts, 321 on dead plants, and 296 on live plants. From the Chromista kingdom, six species were discovered on leaves, three on leaf sheaths, three on stems, zero on roots, 26 in freshwater, zero in seawater, five on submerged plant parts, 32 in dry soil, three in aerial parts, two on dead plants, and 37 on live plants. The maximum number of the fungal species on the reed was 33 species from the family Halosphaeriaceae (19 genera, Ascomycota) and 33 species from the family Pythiaceae (three genera, Chromista).