- Laboratory of Forest Pathology and Mycology/ Forest Mycology- |
Japanese

3.5 billion years ago, organisms (prokaryotes) are considered to appear
in water. 400 million years ago, they landed on the earth and evolved into
various life forms of organisms. Now, hundreds and thousands species of
organisms are living in forest ecosystems. They have complex associations
with others contributing to the maintenance of stability of the ecosystems.
Microorganisms such as fungi are heterotrophic and thus depend their carbon
sources on other organisms. Fungi are taxonomically diverse groups and
their functional role roughly divided into three categories based on the
pattern of associations with other organisms: saprotrophic (decomposers
of plant dead materials), parasitic (fungi deprive nutrients from living
plants and can be pathogenic) and symbiotic (mycorrhizal and endophytic
fungi).
In our laboratory, we are studying to unveil the diversity of fungal species
and their functional roles in terms of matter and energy flow in forest
ecosystems based on the fungal morphology, histology and genetic approaches.
Publications
Mycorrhiza related papers

Obase K, Douhan G, Matsuda Y, Smith M. Revisiting phylogenetic diversity
and cryptic species of Cenococcum geophilum sensu lato. In press for Mycorrhiza doi: 10.1007/s00572-016-0690-7

Matsuda Y, Takeuchi K, Obase K, Ito S (2016) Spatial distributions and genetic structures of Cenococcum geophilum in coastal pine forests in Japan. FEMS Micorbiology Ecology, doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiv108.
- Nakashima H, Eguchi N, Uesugi T, Yamashita N, Matsuda Y (2016) Effect of
ectomycorrhizal composition on survival and growth of Pinus thunbergii seedlings varying in resistance to the pine wilt nematode. Trees, doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1217-0
- Obase K, Douhan G, Matsuda Y, Smith M (2014) Culturable fungal assemblages growing within Cenococcum sclerotia in forest soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 90(3):708-17, doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12428
- Obase K, Matsuda Y (2014) Culturable fungal endophytes in roots of Enkianthus campanulatus (Ericaceae). Mycorrhiza24(8):635-644, doi: 10.1007/s00572-014-0584-5
- Polme S, Bahram M, Yamanaka T, Nara K, Dai Y, Grebenc T, Kraigher H, Toivonen
M, Wang P, Matsuda Y, Naadel T, Kennedy P, Koljalg U, Tedersoo L (2013)
Species richness and community composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated
with alders (Alnus spp.) in relation to biotic and abiotic variables at the global scale. New Phytologist 198(4):1239-1249, doi: 10.1111/nph.12170
- Matsuda Y, Takano Y, Shimada M, Yamanaka T, Ito S (2013) Distribution of
ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Chamaecyparis obtusa stand at different distances from a mature Quercus serrata tree. Mycoscience54(4): 260-264, 10.1016/j.myc.2012.09.019
- Obase K, Matsuda Y, Ito S (2013) Enkianthus campanulatus (Ericaceae) is commonly associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 23(3): 199-208, doi: 10.1007/s00572-012-0462-y
- Obase K, Cha JY,Lee JK, Lee SY, Chun KW. (2012) Ectomycorrhizal fungal
community associated with naturally regenerating Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc. seedlings on exposed granite slopes along woodland paths. Journal of Forest Research 17:388-392, doi: 10.1007/s10310-011-0301-6
- Matsuda Y, Shimizu S, Mori M, Ito S, Selosse MA (2012) Seasonal and enverinmental changes of mycorrhizal associations and heterotrophy levels in mixotrophic Pyrola japonica growing under different light environments. American Journal of Botany 99(7): 1177-1188
- Obase K, Lee JK, Lee SY, Chun KW (2011) Diversity and community structure
of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Pinus thunbergii forests in the eastern region of Korea. Mycoscience 52:383-391. doi: 10.1007/s10267-011-0123-6
- Hukuchi S, Obase K, Tamai Y, Yajima T, Miyamoto T (2011) Vegetation and
colonization status of mycorrhizal and endophytic fungi in plant species
on acidic barren at crater basin of volcano Esan in Hokkaido, Japan. Eurasian Journal of Forest Research 14:1-11.
- Obase K, Lee JK, Lee SY, Chun KW (2011) Regeneration of ectomycorrhizal
fungal isolates following deep freeze storage. Mycobiology 39(2):133-136
- Obase K, Lee JK, Lee SY, Chun KW. (2011) Enzyme activity of Cenococcum geophilum isolates on enzyme-specific solid media. Mycobiology 39(2):125-128
- Matsuda Y., Okochi, S., Katayama Yamada, A., Ito, S. (2011) Mycorrhizal
fungi associated with Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae) in central Japan. Mycorrhiza 21(6): 569-576. doi: 10.1007/s00572-011-0365-3
- Obase K, Lee JK, Lee SK, Lee SY, Chun KW (2010) Variation of sodium chloride resistance in Cenococcum geophilum and Suillus granulatus isolates in liquid culture. Mycobiology 38(3):225-228
- Matsuda Y, Noguchi Y, Ito S (2009) Ectomycorrhizal fungal community of naturally regenerated Pinus thunbergii seedlings in a coastal pine forest. Journal of Forest Research 14:335-341. doi: 10.1007/s10310-009-0140-x
- Matsuda Y, Amiya A, Ito S (2009) Colonization patterns of mycorrhizal fungi
associated with two rare orchids, Cephalanthera falcata and C. erecta. Ecological Research 24:1023-1031. doi: 10.1007/s11284-008-0575-0
- Matsuda Y, Hayakawa N, Ito S (2009) Local and microscale distributions
of Cenococcum geophilum in soils of coastal pine forests. Fungal Ecology 2:31-35. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.10.002
- Yamada A, Kitamura D, Setoguchi S, Hashimoto Y, Matsuda Y, Matsushita N,
Fukuda M (2008) Monotropastrum humile var.
humile is associated with diverse ectomycorrhizal Russulaceae fungi in Japanese forests. Ecological Research 23:983-993
- Matsuda Y, Sugiyama F, Nakanishi K, Ito S (2006) Effects of sodium chloride on growth of ectomycorrhizal fungal isolates in culture.@Mycoscience 47:212-217
- Matsuda Y, Murahashi F, Kimoto M, Nakanishi K, Ito S (2005) Arbuscular
mycorrhizas on Athyrium yokoscense and A. niponicum grown at a lead-contaminated site. Mycoscience 46:261-264
- Matsuda Y, Hijii N (2004) Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in an Abies firma forest, with special reference to ectomycorrhizal associations between seedlings and mature trees. Canadian Journal of Botany 82:822-829
- Matsuda Y, Yamada A (2003) Mycorrhizal morphology of Monotropastrum humile collected from six different forests in central Japan. Mycologia 95: 993-997.
Raffaelean disease related papers
- Torii M, Ito M, Nagao M, Matsuda Y, Ito S Variations in virulence and hyphal growth of four Raffaelea quercivora
isolates within Quercus crispula. In press for Forest Pathology doi: 10.1111/efp.12252
- Torii M, Matsuda Y, Seo ST, Kim KH, Ito S, Moon MJ, Kim SH, Yamada T (2014) The effect of Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae inoculations on the formation of non-conductive sapwood of Quercus mongolica. Mycobiology42(2):210-214.
- Torii M, Matsuda Y, Ito S (2014) Extent of colonization by Raffaelea quercivora of artificially inoculated living and gamma-ray-sterilized seedlings of two Japanese and three American oak species. Forest Pathology 44:117-123, doi: 10.1111/efp.12075.
- Seo MY, Matsuda Y, Nakashima C, Ito S (2012) Taxonomic re-evaluation of
Raffaelea quercivora isolates collected from mass mortality of oak trees in Japan. Mycoscience 53(3): 211-219, doi: 10.1007/s10267-011-0154-z
- Torii M, Matsuda Y, Murata M, Ito S (2011) Spatial distribution of Raffaelea quercivora hyphae in transverse sections of seedlings of two Japanese oak species. Forest Pathology 41:293-298, doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00672.x
- Matsuda Y, Kimura K, Ito S (2010) Genetic characterization of Raffaelea quercivora isolates collected from areas of oak wilt in Japan. Mycoscience 51:310-316. doi: 10.1007/s10267-010-0040-0
- Imai K, Mitsunaga T, Takemoto H, Yamada T, Ito S, Ohashi H (2009) Extractives
of Quercus crispula sapwood infected by the pathogenic fungi Raffaelea quercivora I: comparison of sapwood extractives from noninfected and infected samples. Journal of Wood Science 55:126.132.
- Murata M, Matsuda Y, Yamada T, Ito S (2009) Differential spread of discoloured and non-conductive sapwood among four Fagaceae species inoculated with Raffaelea quercivora. Forest Pathology 39:192-199. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00577.x
- Murata M, Yamada T, Matsuda Y, Ito S (2007) Discolored and non-conductive
sapwood among six Fagaceae species inoculated with Raffaelea quercivora. Forest Pathology 37:73-79
- Murata M, Yamada T. Ito S (2005) Changes in water status in seedlings of six species in the Fagaceae after inoculation with Raffaelea quercivora Kubono et Shin-Ito. Journal of Forest Research 10:251-255
- Kubono T, Ito S (2002)Raffaelea quercivora sp. nov. associated with mass mortality of Japanese oak, and the ambrosia beetle (Platypus quercivorus). Mycoscience 43:255-260
Endophytes related papers
- Thongsandee W, Matsuda Y, Shimizu M, Ehara H, Ito S (2013) Isolation of
endophytic streptomycetes from above- and below-ground organs of Quercus serrata. Journal of Forest Research18(2): 179-189, 10.1007/s10310-012-0337-2
- Thongsandee W, Matsuda Y, Ito S (2012) Temporal variations in endophytic fungal assemblages of Ginkgo biloba L. Journal of Forest Research 17(2): 213-218, doi: 10.1007/s10310-011-0292-3
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December 4, 2002 by Matsuda Y