Ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities are extremely species-rich in most forest
ecosystems (Horton and Bruns 2001). The number of EMF species can often reach more …

The basidiomycete Hebeloma cylindrosporum has been extensively studied with respect to
mycorrhiza differentiation and metabolism and also to population dynamics. Its life cycle can …

The diversity of functional and life-history traits of organisms depends on adaptation as well
as the legacy of shared ancestry. Although the evolution of traits in macro-organisms is well …

Ectomycorrhiza is a symbiosis between plants and fungi. It is the type of mycorrhiza that
involves the highest number of fungal species and it involves many stand forming tree …

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, symbiotic mutualists of many dominant tree and shrub species,
exhibit a biogeographic pattern counter to the established latitudinal diversity gradient of …

Background The colonization of land and the diversification of terrestrial plants is intimately
linked to the evolutionary history of their symbiotic fungal partners. Extant representatives of …

The ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal association between the vast majority of plants and the
fungal phylum Glomeromycota is a dominant nutritional mutualism worldwide. In the …

Molecular tools have now been applied for the past 5 years to dissect ectomycorrhizal (EM)
community structure, and they have propelled a resurgence in interest in the field. Results …

Both competition and environmental filtering are expected to influence the community
structure of microbes, but there are few tests of the relative importance of these processes …

Despite the importance of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi in forest ecosystems, knowledge
about the ecological and co‐evolutionary mechanisms underlying ECM host associations …