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 …

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 …

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 …

Endophytic fungi are internal colonizers of aboveground tissues in all plant species studied
to date (U'Ren et al. 2012). These cryptic organisms engage in a diverse set of symbioses …

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

Foliar fungal endophytes are widespread in herbaceous plants, although their interactions
and ecological roles are little understood. They are phylogenetically and ecologically …

Processes shaping the distribution of foliar fungal endophyte species remain poorly
understood. Despite increasing evidence that these cryptic fungal symbionts of plants …

It is now generally accepted that all major lineages of land plants host endophytic fungi
(Stone et al. 2004). These are broadly defined as those fungi that infect internal plant tissue …

All plants, including crop species, harbor a community of fungal endophyte species, yet we
know little about the biotic factors that are important in endophyte community assembly. We …