Our understanding of how saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi interact to re‐circulate carbon
and nutrients from plant litter and soil organic matter is limited by poor understanding of their …

Boreal forests are characterized by spatially heterogeneous soils with low N availability. The
decomposition of coniferous litter in these systems is primarily performed by basidiomycete …

The mycelium of woodland fungi can act both as a reservoir and as a distribution system for
nutrients, owing to its physiological and developmental adaptations to life at the interface …

Due to the standing biomass and turnover of fungal biomass in forest topsoils,
decomposition of fungal biomass represents an important process. Within plant litter, dead …

Communities of litter saprotrophic and root‐associated fungi are vertically separated within
boreal forest soil profiles. It is unclear whether this depth partitioning is maintained …

Fungi are known to exert a significant influence over soil organic matter (SOM) turnover,
however understanding of the effects of fungal community structure on SOM dynamics and …

Fungi regulate key nutrient cycling processes in many forest ecosystems, but their diversity
and distribution within and across ecosystems are poorly understood. Here, we examine the …

Fungi play critical roles in ecosystem processes such as decomposition and nutrient cycling,
but have also been highlighted as significant contributors to organic matter build‐up in …

Boreal forest soils store a major proportion of the global terrestrial carbon (C) and below‐
ground inputs contribute as much as above‐ground plant litter to the total C stored in the …

The widespread occurrence of mycorrhizae in nature and their importance in the mineral
nutrition of almost all plants has been extensively documented but despite this mycorrhizae …