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The occurrence and distribution of lignicolous marine fungi in the Straits of Messina has been studied. Using submerged panels of pine, beech and poplar, twenty fungal species were identified. The lignicolous mycoflora of the Messina Straits was not significantly different from that reported in the literature for other temperate marine coastal environments, Ascomycotina being frequent, while Basidiomycotina were rare.
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Grasso, S., Panebianco, C. & La Ferla, R. Lignicolous marine fungi in the Straits of Messina, Italy. Hydrobiologia 206, 149–154 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018641
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