Table 2
(continued)
Leaf species
Leaf storage
Conditioning water
Fungi species
Conditioning
period
Conditioning time
Amount of
leaves during
acclimation
Type of study
Reference
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
Acer
saccharum
Quercus
velutina
Cut in discs of 1–
2 cm in diameter,
leached in tap
water for 4 days at
12
C, and dried at
40
C for 2 days
Stored at room
temperature in
polyethylene bags
Alternaria
spp.
Fusarium
spp.
Cladosporium
spp.
Aspergillus
niger
Humicola grisea
Tricladium
angulatum
Tetracladium
marchalianum
Anguillospora
longissima
Clavariopsis
aquatica
Flagellospora
curvula
14 days
After drying
Bärlocher
and
Kendrick
(1973a)
Populus
sp.
Acclimation food:
conditioned naturally
in the river
Experiment food:
mixture of stream
water and Dutch
Standard Water
(DSW)
Acclimation
food:
Experiment
food:
4 days
Feeding rate
study with the
Multispecies
Freshwater
Biomonitor
Alonso
et al. (2009)
Populus
tremuloides
Experiment food:
incubation medium
Stream water
Flagellospora
curvula
Alatospora
acuminata
Clavariopsis
aquatic
Either 10 or
15 days
depending on
the fungi and
then 72 h in
stream water
Experiment food:
before drying at
45
C
Selective feeding study
Arsuffi and
Suberkropp
(1989)
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