HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF PATHOGENIC POLYPORE FUNGI COMMUNITY ON PEDUNCULATE OAK IN THE OAK FORESTS OF THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTRAL RUSSIAN UPLAND

The article deals with the possibilities of typological classification and hierarchical subordination of the communities of pathogenic polypore fungi Polyporaceae s. l., associated with Pedunculate oak Quercus robur L. They allow to propose a schematic-model of the hierarchical structure of the regional community of pathogenic polypore fungi on Pedunculate oak (communities of pathogenic polypore fungi on Pedunculate oak) in the oak forests of the southwest of the Central Russian Upland. Based on studies, conducted in the oak forests of the Belgorod, Shebekinsky, Korochansky, Borisovsky administrative districts of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation and the territory of Belgorod, 6 types of elementary PQ-mycopathocenosis were distinguished: four types of full-membered and two types of semicomplete. Two groups of types of elementary PQ-mycopathocenosis have been identified. Four-level scheme-model of the hierarchical structure of the regional community of pathogenic polypore fungi was proposed. It allowed not only to systematize information about this community of wooddestroying fungi, taking an active part in modern succession processes, occurring in the oak forests of the foreststeppe, but also to create prognostic models for their formation under different conditions. Keywords: hierarchical structure, community, cenosis, Pathogenic Polypore Fungi on Pedunculate oak, PPF on oak, PPF, PQ -mycopathocenosis, type of PQ -mycopathocenosis, subordination level.