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                            The seasonal and latitudinal influences on the diversity and abundance  of mycota of Pinus sylvestris needles were investigated. A sample of  1620 needles resulted in a total of 3868 fungal isolates, which were  assigned to 68 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). The majority of these  OTUs (65%) belong to Ascomycota and only 0.03% was grouped as  Basidiomycota. The dominant and most frequently isolated OTU was  Hormonema dematioides. Other well-known species with a saprotrophic  nutritional mode such as Lophodermium spp. were also observed. The  abundance of fungi increased from fall to spring. Frequencies varied  significantly in Northern and Southern Finland suggesting that factors  associated with latitudinal differences have an impact on the abundance  of fungi.
                        
                
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                            Terhonen,
                            University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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                                                            et@nn.fi
                                                                                          
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                            Marco,
                            University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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                                                            tm@nn.fi
                                                                                
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                            Sun,
                            University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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                                                            hs@nn.fi
                                                                                
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                            Jalkanen,
                            Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi Research Unit, Rovaniemi, Finland
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                                                            rj@nn.fi
                                                                                
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                            Kasanen,
                            University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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                                                            rk@nn.fi
                                                                                
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                            Vuorinen,
                            Finnish Forest Research Institute, Suonenjoki Research Unit, Suonenjoki, Finland
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                                                            mv@nn.fi
                                                                                
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                            Asiegbu,
                            University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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                                                            fa@nn.fi