Tissues mineralized versus

Soil (L, F, H, and A layers), mosses and fungal fruiting bodies were each collected from the same spots at the three locations. The L, F, H samples were ground to pass a 1 cm sieve the mineral soil was sieved to retain its fine-earth 2mm fraction mosses were separated into green versus dead tissues the fruiting bodies were separated by stalk and cap. Subsamples were freeze-dried prior to... 

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