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This chapter treats the various approaches, methods and terms, used for the study of fungal communities in general, and communities of macrofungi in particular. The morphological, taxonomic, ecological and methodological differences between macro- and microfungi are discussed. Communities of macrofungi are studied in different ways, using mycocoenological, mycosynusial, mycofloristic-ecological, phytocoenological and geographical approaches, which are concisely treated. The status of fungal communities, mycocoenoses and mycosocieties is discussed, as well as the related terminology. Attention is paid to the different degrees of dependence of fungi on other organisms and to the consequences for analysis and classification of mycocoenoses. The criteria for the selection of sample plots, viz. uniformity, size and representativity, are reviewed. The more important methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis of mycocoenoses are presented, as well as methods for the synthesis of these data in relation to frequency and duration of mycocoenological analysis. Finally, the different approaches to classification of mycocoenoses are critically considered.
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Arnolds, E. (1992). The analysis and classification of fungal communities with special reference to macrofungi. In: Winterhoff, W. (eds) Fungi in vegetation science. Handbook of vegetation science, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2414-0_2
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