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Review Article

A 200-year history of arctic and alpine fungi in North America: Early sailing expeditions to the molecular era

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Pages 323-340 | Received 02 Mar 2020, Accepted 11 May 2020, Published online: 09 Jul 2020

Figures & data

Figure 1. Fleshy fruiting bodies of Rocky Mountain alpine fungi. (a) Arrhenia lobata, decomposer on Salix. (b) Rhizomarasmius epidryas, decomposer on Dryas octopetala. (c) Galerina, decomposer on moss. (d) Lichenomphalia basidiolichen. (e) Melampsora epitea, rust pathogen on Salix reticulata. (f) Lactarius lanceolatus, ectomycorrhizal with S. reticulata. (g) Russula nana, ectomycorrhizal with dwarf Salix. (h) Cortinarius absarokensis, a North American ectomycorrhizal endemic

Figure 1. Fleshy fruiting bodies of Rocky Mountain alpine fungi. (a) Arrhenia lobata, decomposer on Salix. (b) Rhizomarasmius epidryas, decomposer on Dryas octopetala. (c) Galerina, decomposer on moss. (d) Lichenomphalia basidiolichen. (e) Melampsora epitea, rust pathogen on Salix reticulata. (f) Lactarius lanceolatus, ectomycorrhizal with S. reticulata. (g) Russula nana, ectomycorrhizal with dwarf Salix. (h) Cortinarius absarokensis, a North American ectomycorrhizal endemic

Figure 2. (a) Typical North American alpine habitat, Beartooth Plateau, Rocky Mountains. (b) Alpine bog. (c) Betula nana, ectomycorrhizal. (d) Salix arctica, ectomycorrhizal. (e) Salix reticulata, ectomycorrhizal

Figure 2. (a) Typical North American alpine habitat, Beartooth Plateau, Rocky Mountains. (b) Alpine bog. (c) Betula nana, ectomycorrhizal. (d) Salix arctica, ectomycorrhizal. (e) Salix reticulata, ectomycorrhizal

Table 1. Mushrooms and fleshy fungi collected during early North American Arctic expeditions, 1819–1931. Names and authorities as reported

Table 2. Research in the proceedings of the international symposia on arctic and alpine mycology focused on North American fungi

Table 3. Current list of species of alpine Agaricales, Russulales, Boletales, and Ascomycota from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming collected at elevations of ca. 3,000 to 4,200 m