Introduction The kingdom Fungi is one of the most diverse groups of organisms on Earth,
and they are integral ecosystem agents that govern soil carbon cycling, plant nutrition, and …

Ecologists have long sought to understand global patterns of biological diversity (,). Most
work on this topic has focused on visible aboveground organisms that can easily be …

How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown,
hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high …

The evolutionary and environmental factors that shape fungal biogeography are
incompletely understood. Here, we assemble a large dataset consisting of previously …

Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However,
compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation …

Global species richness patterns of soil micro‐organisms remain poorly understood
compared to macro‐organisms. We use a global analysis to disentangle the global …

In forest ecosystems, plant communities shape soil fungal communities through the
provisioning of carbon. Although the variation in forest composition with latitude is well …

The diversity patterns of plants at large scale are broadly documented, but that of soil fungi
remains elusive. Limited reports on soil fungal biogeography mainly are based on species …

Tropical ecosystems remain poorly understood and this is particularly true for belowground
soil fungi. Soil fungi may respond to plant identity when, for example, plants differentially …

Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …