Abundance of Three Different Sagebrush Leaf-Associated Fungi Across a Full Growing Season

The sagebrush ( Artemisia tridentate ) leaf microbiome consists of many different bacteria and fungi coexisting in healthy leaves. In this survey, I looked at three different species of fungi and counted their prevalence in cultures from plant leaves over a full growing season. The targeted fungi were Sporisorium consanguineum , Hormonema macrosporum , and a Pseudozyma species (Fig.1). I chose these species because they showed up relatively frequently and were easily identifiable. The measured factors included weather (temperature, precipitation, and windspeed) and time of year. Here, I show results only for temperature because it was the only factor showing an effect on the targeted fungal species. Overall, I found that there was no or very little correlation between these fungal species and time of year, and a little correlation between fungal species and temperature