Distribution of xylotrophic macromycetes in recreational forests

Changes in soil properties under the influence of recreational use of natural forests are observed at considerable depths and can be significant for the entire biogeocenosis. These changes have a significant impact on the earth's vegetation, soil fauna and mycocenosis, disturbing the habitat of creatures here. Therefore, using indicators of biological properties of soils as a criterion of the degree of recreational degradation of soils, it is expedient to study its regularities, to study the recreational stability of biogeocenoses, to determine the possibilities and terms of restoration of areas disturbed from the point of view of recreation. The forest community is a self-regulating "organism", including both autotrophs, generating and maintaining biomass, and various heterotrophs, breaking it down. It was found that the balance of biomass produced by autotrophs and decomposing heterotrophs is crucial for the sustainability of forest communities. Xylotrophic basidiomycetes are an integral component affecting the sustainability and productivity of forest ecosystems. Xylotrophs break down woody debris and other wastes, ensuring the sustainability of the whole process. This group of organisms is very sensitive to climate change and anthropogenic factors. Therefore, the numerical composition and species diversity of xylotrophic fungi can be used as an indicator of recreational impact. Thus, intensive and long-term anthropogenic impact on forests of natural areas has led to degradation of mycobiota. As a result, species richness and diversity have been significantly reduced, generative and competitive activity has been extremely weakened. In the mountain and plain forests of Talysh, where we conducted our research, the species diversity of fungi differed in species and abundance in different biotopes.