Opportunistic inventory of fungi in Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network parks
Daugherty S and Perles S. 2019. Opportunistic inventory of fungi in Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network parks. Natural Resource Report. NPS/ERMN/NRR—2019/2021. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Though often overlooked, fungi are important components of park biodiversity, serving many vital functions in forest ecosystems. However, the National Park Service has little to no documentation of fungi existing within the national parks in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory and Monitoring Network. This report details the opportunistic inventory that was conducted by Sarah Daugherty in eight national parks during the summers of 2017 and 2018. Sarah worked on the field crew of the ERMN Vegetation Monitoring Crew, hiking to randomly-selected, spatially-balanced permanent plots in the national parks. While conducting this work, Sarah identified, photographed, and recorded notable fungal fruiting bodies that she observed in each park. A total of 144 fungi taxa were observed within the eight parks, and photographic vouchers for many of these species are presented in an appendix to this report. This inventory is not an accurate representation of the entire fungal diversity in these parks, but provides important baseline biodiversity information.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Daugherty, Sarah; Perles, Stephanie
- Date of Issue
- 2019-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ALPO , BLUE , DEWA , ERMN , FONE , FRHI , GARI , JOFL , NERI , NRSS