Table 2
(continued)
Leaf species
Leaf storage
Conditioning water
Fungi species
Conditioning
period
Conditioning time
Amount of
leaves during
acclimation
Type of study
Reference
1. Air-dried in the
dark at room temperature (20
C)
2. Nutrient medium
1. Cladosporium
spp.
1. 2 weeks or
3 months
2. 10 days
Aesculus
hippocastanum
Acclimation food:
conditioned in
organically enriched
dechlorinated water
(Bird and Kaushik
1985)
10 days
Ad libitum
Feeding study
Blockwell
et al. (1998)
Aesculus
hippocastanum
Organically enriched
water, following
method of Bird and
Kaushik (1985)
10 days
Feeding study
Taylor et al.
(1993)
Alnus
glutinosa
Air-dried for 1 h
and then stored at
À20
C
Acclimation food:
decaying leaves collected in a pond
Experiment food:
cut
in leaf discs of 2 cm
in diameter and conditioned directly in
the river
21 days
After being cut in
leaf discs of 2 cm in
diameter, but before
been dried at 60
C
for 24 h
Soaked for 24 h in
water before being
used in the
experiment
Acclimation
food:
ad libitum
Feeding and
assimilation
study
Blarer and
BurkhardtHolm
(2016)
Alnus
glutinosa
Froze at
À20
C
until use
Experiment food:
soaked in tap water
for 24 h and then
conditioned in a
nutrient medium with
added leaf litter from
the river
From 19 to
22 days
After being cut in
leaf discs of 1.5 cm
in diameter and been
dried at 60
C for 24 h
Feeding preferences study
Bundschuh
et al. (2009)
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