TY - JOUR
T1 - Macrofungi as ecosystem resources: Conservation versus exploitation
AU - Venturella, Giuseppe
AU - Gargano, Maria Letizia
AU - Pavarino, null
AU - Granito, null
AU - Di Piazza, null
AU - Donnini, null
AU - Ambrosio, Elia
AU - Venanzoni, null
AU - Polemis, Elias
AU - Maggi, null
AU - Persiani, null
AU - Lunghini, null
AU - Zervakis, Georgios I.
AU - Zotti, null
AU - Vizzini, null
AU - Angelini, null
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Fungi are organisms of significant importance not only for the crucial roles they undertake in nature but also for many humanactivities that are strictly dependent on them. Indeed, fungi possess fundamental positions in ecosystems functioningincluding nutrient cycles and wood decomposition. As concerns human-related activities, edible and non-edible mushroomsare also involved and/or exploited in forestry, pharmaceutical industry and food production; hence, nowadays they representa major economic source worldwide. In order to maintain and improve their strategic importance, several conservationstrategies, such as habitat preservation, are needed. This article reports several contributions inherent to the relationshipsbetween wood-decaying fungi, edible and non-edible mushrooms and their potential exploitation as non-timber forestproducts and genetic resources.
AB - Fungi are organisms of significant importance not only for the crucial roles they undertake in nature but also for many humanactivities that are strictly dependent on them. Indeed, fungi possess fundamental positions in ecosystems functioningincluding nutrient cycles and wood decomposition. As concerns human-related activities, edible and non-edible mushroomsare also involved and/or exploited in forestry, pharmaceutical industry and food production; hence, nowadays they representa major economic source worldwide. In order to maintain and improve their strategic importance, several conservationstrategies, such as habitat preservation, are needed. This article reports several contributions inherent to the relationshipsbetween wood-decaying fungi, edible and non-edible mushrooms and their potential exploitation as non-timber forestproducts and genetic resources.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/77075
M3 - Article
VL - 147
SP - 219
EP - 225
JO - PLANT BIOSYSTEMS
JF - PLANT BIOSYSTEMS
SN - 1126-3504
ER -