PROGRAMME

 

Scientific themes (all of them will be devoted to old-growth forests and their fungi)

 

Mycodiversity in spatial context (fungal diversity of the old-growth forests in various regions and localities)

Keynote speaker: Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Taxonomy of old-growth forests specialists

Keynote speaker: Vladimír Antonín, Moravian Musem, Brno, Czech Republic

 

Methods for studying fungal communities in old-growth forests („from molecular biology to citizen science“)

Keynote speaker: Petr Baldrian, Institute of Microbiology AC CR, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Responses of fungi to changing environment and forest management (gradients, succession, disturbances, climate change, influence of pollutions, forestry interventions, etc.)

Keynote speaker: Lynne Boddy, Cardiff School of Biosciences, UK

 

Selecting and testing old-growth indicator species

Keynote speaker: Panu Halme, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

 

 

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Sunday 13 September

OPTIONAL PROGRAMME

 

 

16:00-18:00 Special offer: Český Krumlov (UNESCO World Heritage Site) sightseeing (included in the symposium fee)
18:00 Informal icebreaker in a pub

 

 

Monday 14 September

OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF THE SYMPOSIUM, PRESENTATIONS

 

 

08:00-9:15 REGISTRATION (later registration possible)

 

 

09:15-9:30 Symposium welcome

 

 

09:30-10:00 Keynote Vrška T. What should you know when you go to pick mushrooms in a Central European virgin forest?

 

 

Mycodiversity in spatial context

 

 

10:00-10:20 Dvořák D. et al. Importance of old-growth forests for macrofungal diversity

 

 

10:20-10:40 Greilhuber I. Mycobiota of the virgin forest „Neuwald“, a remnant of montane old-growth forests in Austria

 

 

10:40-11:00 Coffee break

 

 

11:00-11:20 Langer E. et al. Fungal diversity of Kellerwald-Edersee National Park – a first check-list with indicator species of nature value and conservation

 

 

11:20-11:40 Ordynets A. et al. Trends in European diversity of aphyllophoroid fungi (Basidiomycota)

 

 

11:40-12:00 Striegel M. et al. Biodiversity of different forest conservation concepts in Hesse, Germany

 

 

12:00-12:20 Kutszegi G. et al. Drivers of polypore species composition in beech and oak forests: the Mátra Mts., Hungary

 

 

12:30-14:00 Lunch, posters, discussions

 

 

14:00-14:30 Keynote Heilmann-Clausen J. Wood-inhabiting fungi in European beech forests – local community drivers, continental biodiversity patterns and conservation

 

 

14:30-14:50 Heideroth A. et al. Fungal biodiversity of beech logs: comparison of a virgin and an old-growth forest

 

 

14:50-15:10 Urban A. Substrate specificity does matter – macrofungal succession on coarse woody debris in an old-growth oak forest

 

 

15:10-15:30 D´Aguanno M. et al. Influence of forest type on fungal diversity in Mediterranean old-growth forests

 

 

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

 

 

Taxonomy of old-growth forests specialists

 

 

16:00-16:30 Keynote Antonín V. et Holec J. Taxonomy of some old-growth forest fungi – what should we pay attention to

 

 

16:30-16:50 Tomšovský M. Taxonomy and indicator value of selected wood-decaying fungi (Polyporales, Hymenochaetales)

 

 

16:50-17:10 Schigel D. et al. Wood-inhabiting fungi in Białowieża National Park, Poland

 

 

17:10-17:30 Adamčík S. Are ectomycorhizal Russulaceae important part of old-growth forests?

 

 

Tuesday 15 September

PRESENTATIONS

 

 

Methods for studying fungal communities in old-growth forests

 

 

09:00-9:30 Keynote Baldrian P. Diversity and dynamics of fungal communities on decomposing wood

 

 

09:30-9:50 Purhonen J. et al. What can we learn from species-specific fruiting phenologies?

 

 

09:50-10:10 Simmel J. Ellenberg indicator values and functional traits of macromycetes as indicators of ecosystem quality and land-use history

 

 

10:10-10:30 Runnel K. et Lõhmus A. ’Old-forest polypores’ can be more useful for forest management than for recognizing old-growth

 

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

 

 

11:00-11:20 Popa F. et al. Ecological niche analysis of ectomycorrhizal fungal species in an old-growth beech forest

 

 

11:20-11:40 Norberg A. et al. Modelling the assembly of dead wood inhabiting fungal communities in changing landscapes

 

 

11:40-12:00 Kubartova A. et al. High-throughput sequencing insights into wood-inhabiting fungal communities in Sweden

 

 

12:00-13:00 Lunch

 

 

13:00-14:00 Poster session, discussions

 

 

Responses of fungi to changing environment and forest management

 

 

14:00-14:30 Keynote Boddy L. Climate change effects on fungal communities and activity

 

 

14:30-14:50 Bässler C. Beyond species – functional response of fungi to environmental changes in forests

 

 

14:50-15:10 Abrego N. et al. How does connectivity of European beech forest reserves matter for fungal conservation?

 

 

15:10-15:30 Preikša Ž. et Iršėnaitė R. Wood-inhabiting fungi in mature mixed broadleaved forests of different management

intensity

 

 

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

 

 

Selecting and testing old-growth indicator species

 

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16:00-16:30 Keynote Halme P. Selecting and testing fungi as biodiversity indicators in old-growth forests

 

 

16:30-16:50 Senn-Irlet B. et Küchler M. In the search of indicator species among fungi, lichens and mosses for old growth

forests in Switzerland

 

 

16:50-17:10 Kunca V. et Čiliak M. Ecology, incidence and indication value of Hericium erinaceus in Slovakia and the Western Carpathians

 

 

17:10-17:30 Holec J. Is this fungus an indicator of selected habitat variables, e.g. degree of naturalness? Methods, advantages and problems of the traditional approach

 

 

19:00 Symposium dinner in a medieval pub

 

 

Wednesday 16 September

EXCURSIONS

 

 

08:30-10:00 Travel to excursion localities by buses

 

 

10:00-15:00 guides: J. Holec, M. Kříž, M. Beran, D. Dvořák Parallel excursions: Boubínský and Žofínský virgin forests

 

 

15:00-16:30 Return from excursion localities by buses

 

 

16:30-23:00 Optional programme: elaboration of records, discussions, spontaneously organized workshops etc.

 

 

Thursday 17 September

EXCURSIONS

 

 

08:30-10:00 Travel to excursion localities by buses

 

 

10:00-15:00 guides: J. Holec, M. Kříž, M. Beran, D. Dvořák Parallel excursions: Boubínský and Žofínský virgin forests

 

 

15:00-16:30 Return from excursion localities by buses

 

 

16:30-23:00 Optional programme: elaboration of records, discussions, spontaneously organized workshops etc.

 

 

23:00 END OF THE SYMPOSIUM