Foliar endophytic fungi (FEF) are diverse and ubiquitously associated with photosynthetic
land plants. However, processes shaping FEF assemblages remain poorly understood …

Foliar fungal endophytes (FFE) colonized the phyllosphere at least 400 million years ago
and have since diversified across every terrestrial ecosystem that supports plant life …

Phylogenetic distance among host species represents a proxy for host traits that act as biotic
filters to shape host‐associated microbiome community structure. However, teasing apart …

Fungal endophytes represent one of the most ubiquitous plant symbionts on Earth and are
phylogenetically diverse. The structure and diversity of endophyte communities have been …

Fungal endophytes, a diverse group of primarily ascomycetous fungi defined functionally by
their occurrence within asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of plants, occur in all major …

Understanding the origins and maintenance of host specificity, or why horizontally‐acquired
symbionts associate with some hosts but not others, remains elusive. In this study, we …

Despite numerous studies on plant endophytes, little is known about fungal communities
associated with different aboveground tissues of living trees. We used high-throughput …

Leaf-inhabiting endophytes belong to a diverse and active group of plant-associated fungi
harboured in plant-rich tropical environments. Employing dilution-to-extinction cultivation …

Sufficient biodiversity is required for ecosystem functions. The question is how we can
assess required biodiversity if we are able to recognize only a fraction of diversity, and/or …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Fungal endophytes have been shown to colonize all land plants,
yet surprisingly little attention has been given to their community composition in ferns. We …