Shaping Fungal Communities in Cenchrus setaceus: Host Condition and Habitat Filtering
Andreea Cosoveanu, Mario Andrés González-Carracedo, Jorge Sopena Lasala, José Antonio Pérez Pérez, Raimundo Cabrera · 2026
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Andreea Cosoveanu and co-authors survey in 2026 the fungi living on leaves of an African grass established in the Canary Islands, asking how plant health and local climate sort those communities. Sampling covered Tenerife and La Palma across coastal and hill zones with differing trade-wind exposure, comparing vigorous plants with stressed ones. DNA sequencing with a portable nanopore device identified the fungi, and each genus was assigned to a feeding guild such as nutrient recycler, internal resident, or plant pathogen.
Stressed plants consistently hosted richer fungal genus lists than vigorous ones on both islands in the reported counts, while diversity indices pointed in opposite directions between islands. Plant condition drove community structure on Tenerife, whereas zone mattered more on La Palma. Vigorous plants carried less diverse yet more stable communities, and humid sheltered zones boosted guild richness regardless of plant state.
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| CREATOR | Andreea Cosoveanu, Mario Andrés González-Carracedo, Jorge Sopena Lasala, José Antonio Pérez Pérez, Raimundo Cabrera |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 76098 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |