Study on community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Fukiage Gyoen Forest
The community of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi was examined in a forest of the Fukiage Gyoen National Garden (Fukiage Gyoen forest) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. The AM fungal community in the forest was clearly distinguished from those of the Japanese temperate forests studied previously. Some of the dominant AM fungi in the Fukiage Gyoen forest were species-described fungi, which contrasts with those in the Japanese temperate forests. Since AM fungal species have been described based on spore morphology, the present result suggests that the dominant AM fungi in the Fukiage Gyoen forest may have relatively higher spore productivity.