Mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous and form a substantial component of the microbial
biomass in forest ecosystems and fluxes of C to these belowground organisms account for a …

While it is well established that plants associating with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi cycle carbon (C) and nutrients in distinct ways, we have a …

Trees associating with different mycorrhizas often differ in their effects on litter
decomposition, nutrient cycling, soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics, and plant-soil …

The presence of living roots can markedly change soil properties, microbial activities, and
biogeochemical cycling in the rhizosphere compared to bulk soil. Such rhizosphere effect …

Mycorrhizal fungi are involved in the uptake of nutrients in exchange for C from host plants,
and possibly in the transfer of C and nutrients between plants. Ecto-mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) …

Summary 1 In the conventional view of soil carbon (C) cycling, mycorrhizal fungi are
primarily considered vectors for plant C input to soils. However, there is accumulating …

Plant roots, their associated microbial community and free‐living soil microbes interact to
regulate the movement of carbon from the soil to the atmosphere, one of the most important …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi dominate the humus layers of boreal forests. They depend on
carbohydrates that are translocated through roots, via fungal mycelium to microsites in the …

Mycorrhizal fungi benefit plants by improved mineral nutrition and protection against stress,
yet information about fundamental differences among mycorrhizal types in fungi and trees …

Large quantities of carbon are exchanged between terrestrial ecosystems and the
atmosphere, and extensive research efforts are made to understand carbon cycling and the …