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 …

In this review, we discuss the potential for mycorrhizal fungi to act as a source or sink for
carbon (C) under elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition. Mycorrhizal tissue has been …

Boreal forest soils function as a terrestrial net sink in the global carbon cycle. The prevailing
dogma has focused on aboveground plant litter as a principal source of soil organic matter …

Fungal communities are important for carbon (C) transformations in boreal forests that are
one of the largest C pools in terrestrial ecosystems, warranting thus further investigation of …

Symbioses between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi are thought to enhance plant uptake
of nutrients through a favourable exchange for photosynthates. Ectomycorrhizal fungi are …

Forest soils harbor hyper-diverse microbial communities which fundamentally regulate
carbon and nutrient cycling across the globe. Directly testing hypotheses on how …

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 …

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 …

The central role that ectomycorrhizal (EM) symbioses play in the structure and function of
boreal forests pivots around the common assumption that carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) are …