%0 Journal article
%A Hallmann, Christine
%A Fritzlar, Diana
%A Stannek, Lorena
%A Hoppert, Michael
%T Ascomycete fungi on dimension stone of the “Burg Gleichen”, Thuringia
%R 10.1007/s12665-011-1076-y
%R 10.23689/fidgeo-2505
%J Environmental Earth Sciences
%V 63
%N 7/8

%I Springer-Verlag
%X In the present study, the diversity of ascomycete fungi was investigated on two wall areas of the “Burg Gleichen”, Thuringia (Germany), made of various types of sandstones, travertine and Grenzdolomit. From a W-exposed, shaded wall area, free-living ascomycetes (mainly “black fungi”) and green algae could be retrieved from sandstone lithologies. Sandstone from an ESE-exposed area was mainly colonized by lichen ascomycetes and the lichen alga Trebouxia. Both areas share a small number of generalist species, related to the ascomycete black fungi Sarcinomyces petricola, Phaeococcomyces chersonesos and Stichococcus mirabilis. Free-living black fungi were isolated and characterized with respect to cell wall morphology and melanin content. A remarkably rigid melanin layer, incorporated in the cell wall of a Cladosporium isolate is presented in detail.
%U http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/6818
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