Species diversity, abundance and dominance of macromycetes in beech forest stands with different intensity of shelterwood cutting interventions

Abstract

The aim of this work is to enrich the knowledge of the dynamics of species diversity, abundance and distribution of fruiting bodies and dominance of macromycetes species in a mycocoenosis of beech forest stands. We studied the issue in beech stands in the Kremnické vrchy Mts (Central Slovakia), in the years 2007 and 2008. The experimental area consists of a series of four partial research plots (PRP) obtained by applying a series of regeneration cuts differing in intensity and a control intact plot in the original stand. Altogether we identified 154 species of macromycetes and one species of Fungi imperfecti. We obtained various values of abundance and distribution of fruiting bodies and species dominance on the particular partial plots. The species spectrum concerning the most dominant species was almost the same on each PRP. As for the ecotrophic demands of macromycetes, we can see that the abundance values in lignicolous species increased beginning with the plot with the heaviest intervention up to the intact control plot. On the other hand, the plot subjected to light cut and the control plot exhibited increased abundance of terrestrial saprophytes and ectomycorrhizal symbionts.