Plant range boundaries are generally considered to reflect abiotic conditions; however, a
rise in negative or decline in positive species interactions at range margins may contribute to …

Host specificity may potentially limit the distribution expansion of ectomycorrhizal (ECM)
fungi into areas where their original host plants are absent. To test this hypothesis, we …

Abstract<? Pub Inc> The objective of this thesis was to assess the diversity and community
structure of fungi in a forest plot in Ontario using a variety of field sampling and analytical …

Background In forest ecosystems, communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM) are
influenced by several biotic and abiotic factors. To understand their underlying dynamics …

Understanding the factors that drive the evolution of pathogenic fungi is central to revealing
the mechanisms of virulence and host preference, as well as developing effective disease …

Cenococcum geophilum is an ecologically important mycorrhizal fungus with a global
distribution and a wide host range. It has been difficult to study since it forms only sterile …

Background Cortinarius species in section Calochroi display local, clinal and circumboreal
patterns of distribution across the Northern Hemisphere where these ectomycorrhizal fungi …

The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis was historically considered restricted to the temperate
zones, but recent studies have shown the importance of this symbiosis across the tropics …

Since the earliest report by Frank (1885), in which he documented the benefit of
ectomycorrhizal fungi for their plant hosts, ecologists have been intrigued by the functional …

Gondwanan vegetation, and the Australian region in particular, is species rich for
ectomycorrhizal fungi in epigeous and hypogeous forms with over 100 species recorded in …