Biodiversity Data Journal :
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Corresponding author: Laura Sánchez-Jardón (lsjardon@gmail.com)
Academic editor: Renan Barbosa
Received: 29 Sep 2021 | Accepted: 12 Nov 2021 | Published: 29 Dec 2021
© 2021 Laura Sánchez-Jardón, Laura del Rio-Hortega, Noemi Núñez Cea, Mario Mingarro, Paloma Manubens, Sebastián Zambrano, Belén Acosta Gallo
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Sánchez-Jardón L, del Rio-Hortega L, Núñez Cea N, Mingarro M, Manubens P, Zambrano S, Acosta Gallo B (2021) Fungal literature records database of the sub-Antarctic Region of Aysén, Chile. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e75951. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e75951
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To this day, merely 8% of all estimated fungi species are documented and, in certain regions, its biodiversity is practically unknown. Inside the Fungi Kingdom, macrofungi and lichens assume a critical part in the ecosystem functionality and have a historical connection to mankind's social, clinical and nutritious uses. Despite their importance, the diversity of these groups has been widely overlooked in the sub-Antarctic Region of Chile, a crucial area in the study of climate change due to its extraordinary biodiversity and its proximity to Antarctica. Few studies regarding both groups have been conducted in this sub-Antarctic Region and the data are still scarce and inaccessible, as these are only published in specialised journals, unreachable to local communities.
This publication presents a records compilation available in previous published scientific and technical reports on macrofungi and lichen diversity. In total, 1263 occurrence records of 618 species (341 records of 251 macrofungi species and 922 records of 367 lichen species) were digitised and integrated into the regional platform Biodiversity Information System for Aysén (SIB-Aysén) and into GBIF. Here, we provide the fullest dataset on one of the most diverse group of living beings in one of the the least-known world regions.
Chilean Patagonia, macrofungi, lichens, Mycobiota, SiB-Aysén, GBIF
The biodiversity of the Fungi Kingdom is immense, including organisms with varied forms, colours and life habits, from macroscopic to microscopic sizes, being present in all ecosystems on Earth, both terrestrial and marine (
It is estimated that there are between 2.2 to 3.8 million fungi species in the world, but even though methodological approaches are rapidly improving the available knowledge, less than 8% are currently known (
One of the missions of this initiative involves the gathering of previous studies data, incorporating them into biodiversity information systems and making them accessible for consultation (
The purpose of this work is to collect the macrofungi and lichen data available in other published scientific and technical reports to incorporate it in the Biodiversity Information System for Aysén (SIB-Aysén) and the GBIF. This way, the biodiversity information can be consulted and used in management and conservation programmes, as well as complemented by other scientific and citizen observations in future investigation and citizens science projects (
Fungal literature records database of the sub-Antarctic Region of Aysén, Chile (https://kataix.umag.cl/sib-aysen/)
Laura Sánchez-Jardón
The geographic extent (48°42'55"S to 44°8'3"S; 74°25'32"W to 71°32'18"W) of the digitised dataset corresponds to the Region of Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (XI Region) with an area 109.052 km2, representing about 14% of the Chilean territory. This Region is situated in the sub-Antarctic zone of Chile, which comprises both the Magallanes and Aysén administrative regions, both having an extraordinary biodiversity, representing one of the most pristine areas on the planet, unique for its proximity to Antarctica and with significant implications in the study of climate change (
The digitisation aims to summarise the fungi species occurrences accumulated in previous mycological studies and published in reviewed scientific literature (
The taxonomic nomenclature used has been updated according to MycoBank (available at https://www.mycobank.org/). The geographic coordinates have been systematised from what was reported by the authors in the publications; when only the locality was mentioned, it has been approximated using Google Earth; in both cases, the coordinates have been validated using the GBIF tool.
The records were systematised in a database with taxonomic, geographic and temporal information. The coordinates indicated by the authors were assumed; when not indicated in the publication, they were obtained from the locality names using GoogleEarth®. The substrate information of the lichens, in case that it was provided by the authors, was classified as follows according to the reviewed literature: epiphytes when only growing on trees or shrubs; epiphytic-lignicolous when growing on rotten wood or decaying organic matter; folicolous when growing on living tree leaves; muscicolous when growing on mosses; saxicolous when growing on rocks and terricolous when growing on the ground. The taxonomic nomenclature used in each publication was updated according to MycoBank. Ultimately, this information was systematised according to the DwC standard (Fig.
The records were distributed throughout the entire Aysén Region, with a slightly greater presence in the south-eastern half of the Region (Fig.
44° 8' 3"S and 48° 42' 55"S Latitude; 74° 25' 32"W and 71° 32' 18"W Longitude.
In total, 1263 records have been collected from 618 taxa belonging to the Fungi Kingdom, namely macrofungi (341 records of 251 species) and lichens (922 records of 367 species). As shown in Table
Order of Macrofungi | NºR | Order of Lichen | NºR |
Agaricales | 203 | Lecanorales | 437 |
Pezizales | 27 | Peltigerales | 375 |
Boletales | 19 | Pertusariales | 20 |
Polyporales | 16 | Baeomycetales | 14 |
Cyttariales | 12 | Teloschistales | 14 |
Russulales | 12 | Rhizocarpales | 13 |
Geastrales | 7 | Caliciales | 12 |
Helotiales | 7 | Umbilicariales | 10 |
Gomphales | 7 | Verrucariales | 7 |
Dacrymycetales | 6 | Agaricales | 6 |
Hymenochaetales | 5 | Gyalectales | 5 |
Geoglossales | 4 | Arthoniales | 4 |
Xylariales | 4 | Graphidales | 3 |
Phallales | 3 | Candelariales | 1 |
Tremellales | 3 | Ostropales | 1 |
Hysterangiales | 2 | ||
Pucciniales | 2 | ||
Auriculariales | 1 | ||
Thelephorales | 1 |
At family level, amongst the macrofungi, the most diverse family is Strophariaceae with 30 records of 27 species (Table
Number of records (Nº R.) identified by Family. Other Families include those with less than five records.
Macrofungi families | N°R | Lichens families | N°R |
Strophariaceae | 30 | Parmeliaceae | 277 |
Agaricaceae | 28 | Peltigeraceae | 251 |
Cortinariaceae | 28 | Pannariaceae | 83 |
Mycenaceae | 18 | Cladoniaceae | 75 |
Tricholomataceae | 15 | Sphaerophoraceae | 45 |
Cyttariaceae | 12 | Collemataceae | 34 |
Lycoperdaceae | 10 | Stereocaulaceae | 18 |
Marasmiaceae | 10 | Teloschistaceae | 14 |
Polyporaceae | 10 | Trapeliaceae | 14 |
Pyronemataceae | 9 | Coccotremataceae | 13 |
Amanitaceae | 7 | Rhizocarpaceae | 13 |
Geastraceae | 7 | Lecanoraceae | 12 |
Gomphaceae | 7 | Physciaceae | 11 |
Stereaceae | 7 | Umbilicariaceae | 10 |
Bolbitiaceae | 6 | Verrucariaceae | 7 |
Crepidotaceae | 6 | Hygrophoraceae | 6 |
Dacrymycetaceae | 6 | Coccocarpiaceae | 5 |
Pezizaceae | 6 | Phlyctidaceae | 5 |
Schizophyllaceae | 6 | Other families | 29 |
Suillaceae | 6 | ||
Entolomataceae | 5 | ||
Hygrophoraceae | 5 | ||
Morchellaceae | 5 | ||
Pluteaceae | 5 | ||
Other Families | 87 |
Considering the type of substrate in which the lichen grow, most of the recorded lichen species are epiphytic (which includes epiphytic, lignicolous, folicolous and muscicolous of the database habitat categories) with 192 of 367 species with substrate information (Fig.
The dataset includes a table in Darwin Core format with 53 fields and 1263 records.
Column label | Column description |
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type | The nature or genre of the resource. The name of the class that defines the root of the record. |
language | The language of the resource. |
license | A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. |
rightsHolder | A person or organisation owning or managing rights over the resource. |
accessRights | Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. |
InstitutionID | An identifier for the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record. |
collectionID | An identifier for the collection or dataset from which the record was derived. |
institutionCode | The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record. |
collectionCode | The name, acronym, code or initialism identifying the collection or dataset from which the record was derived. |
datasetName | The name identifying the dataset from which the record was derived. |
basisOfRecord | The specific nature of the data record. |
occurrenceID | An identifier for the Occurrence. |
catalogNumber | An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the dataset or collection. |
recordedBy | A list of names of people, groups or organisations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. |
associatedMedia | A list of identifiers (publication, global unique identifier, URI) of media associated with the Occurrence. |
associatedReferences | A list of identifiers of literature associated with the Occurrence. |
eventDate | The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. |
year | The four-digit year in which the Event occurred. |
verbatimEventDate | The verbatim original representation of the date and time information for an Event.The four-digit year in which the Event occurred. |
habitat | A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred. |
continent | The name of the continent in which the Location occurs. |
country | The name of the country in which the Location occurs. |
countryCode | The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs. |
stateProvince | The name of the next smaller administrative region than country in which the Location occurs. |
county | The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince. |
municipality | The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county in which the Location occurs. |
locality | The specific description of the place. |
verbatimLocality | The original textual description of the place. |
verbatimElevation | The original description of the elevation (altitude) of the Location. |
locationRemarks | Comments or notes about the Location. |
geodeticDatum | The coordinate system and set of reference points upon which the geographic coordinates are based. |
verbatimCoordinates | The verbatim original spatial coordinates of the Location. |
verbatimLatitude | The verbatim original latitude of the Location. |
verbatimLongitude | The verbatim original longitude of the Location. |
verbatimCoordinateSystem | The spatial coordinate system for the verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude or the verbatimCoordinates of the Location. |
decimalLatitude | The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic centre of a Location. |
decimalLongitude | The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic centre of a Location. |
GeoreferenceSources | A map, gazetteer or other resource used to georeference the Location. |
GeoreferenceRemarks | Notes or comments about the spatial description determination, explaining assumptions made in addition or opposition to the those formalised in the method referred to in the georeferenceProtocol. |
CoordinateUncertaintyInMetres | The horizontal distance (in metres) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the Location. |
scientificName | The full scientific name, with authorship and date information, if known. |
acceptedNameUsage | The scientificName of the taxon considered to be the valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) name for this nameUsage. |
Kingdom | The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified. |
phylum | The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the taxon is classified. |
class | The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified. |
order | The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified. |
family | The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified. |
genus | The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified. |
specificEpithet | The name of the first or species epithet of the scientificName. |
infraspecificEpithet | The name of the lowest or terminal infraspecific epithet of the scientificName, excluding any rank designation. |
taxonRank | The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName. |
scientificNameAuthorship | The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode. |
vernacularName | A common or vernacular name. |
We especially acknowledge all participants amongst the local communities and team members who contributed to systematise data to SIB-Aysén. Chile's Innovation for Competitiveness Fund (FIC) provided funding for both SIB-Aysén (BIP 30346481-0) and the Open Laboratory for Sub-Antarctic Sciences (BIP 40000521-0) initiatives.
All authors have contributed equally to the work.
The table shows the compilation of lichens species with the number of records in the Aysén Region.
The table shows the compilation of macrofungi species with the number of records in the Aysén Region.