Carbon mineralization in soil added Suillus collinitus growing naturally on two different altitudes

In this study, some physical and chemical analysis of soil samples and and carbon mineralization in the soil with macrofungi additions in the ratio of half (1/2) and quarter (1/4) of this value and equivalent to soil carbon content (1/1) of Suillus collinitus (Fr.) Kuntze macrofungi and its soils sampled from two different altitudes in Osmaniye Korkut Ata University (160 m) and Zorkun plateau Çiftmazı location (800 m) were evaluated. C mineralization in soils was determined under controlled conditions (28°C, 42 days) by CO2 respiration method. Clay%, silt%, sand%, pH, CaCO3%, C%, N%, C/N ratio, K% and Mg% contents differed significantly between elevations (P<0.05). At the end of the 42-days incubation, the effect of different additions of fungi to the soil from 160 m elevation on the cumulative carbon mineralization was statistically significant (P <0.05) and while the lowest cumulative carbon mineralization was in T + 1/1, the highest mineralization was in application of T + 1/4 No statistically significant difference was observed between the cumulative carbon mineralizations of soils from 800 m elevation and added mushrooms in different dose additions (P> 0.05). When the carbon mineralization rates of soils at different altitudes were compared, it was determined that the mineralization rate was 160% higher than the added (T), T + 1/4 and T + 1/2 added soils were significantly higher than all doses at 800 m elevation (P <0.05). In line with all findings; it was concluded that the addition of macrofungi with elevation difference affects the carbon mineralization of soils.