Ecological studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi: an analysis of survey methods

BB Tóth, Z Barta - Fungal Diversity, 2010 - Springer
In this paper, by reviewing ecological studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi where both fruiting
bodies and mycorrhizal root tips were simultaneously surveyed, we investigate whether the …

Fungal diversity in ectomycorrhizal communities: sampling effort and species detection

AFS Taylor - Diversity and Integration in Mycorrhizas: Proceedings …, 2002 - Springer
A number of recent review articles on ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal community diversity
have highlighted the unprecedented increase in the number of publications on this …

[PDF][PDF] Measuring and estimating ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity: a continuous challenge

O Comandini, AC Rinaldi, TW Kuyper - Mycorrhiza: occurrence in …, 2012 - academia.edu
Thousands of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species exist, but estimates of global species
richness of ECM fungi differ widely. Many genera have been proposed as being ECM, but in …

The new method 'micromapping', a means to study species-specific associations and exclusions of ectomycorrhizae

R Agerer, R Grote, S Raidl - Mycological Progress, 2002 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizae (ECM) are obligate symbiotic associations between higher fungi and most
tree species of the temperate and boreal forests, and of some tree families in tropical areas …

Diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a wooded meadow

L Tedersoo, T Suvi, E Larsson, U Kõljalg - Mycological research, 2006 - Elsevier
Wooded meadows are seminatural plant communities that support high diversity of various
taxa. Due to changes in land use, wooded meadows have severely declined during the last …

A simple method to assess macrofungal sporocarp biomass for investigating ecological change

BB Tóth, A Feest - Botany, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
The methodologies used for studying macrofungal communities are an eclectic assemblage
of many different and unstandardized approaches. In this study we propose a simple …

On temporal partitioning of a community of ectomycorrhizal fungi.

RT Koide, DL Shumway, B Xu, JN Sharda - New Phytologist, 2007 - search.ebscohost.com
Several mechanisms may contribute to the high species richness often reported in
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities, including spatial and temporal partitioning …

Methods for identifying and measuring the diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi

D Janowski, T Leski - Forestry: An International Journal of Forest …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mycorrhiza is a mutualistic symbiosis between some plant species and a diverse group of
soil fungi. Mycorrhizal symbiosis is categorized into discrete types based on the structural …

Both forest reserves and managed forests help maintain ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity

T Leski, M Rudawska, M Kujawska, M Stasińska… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study focuses on ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, a group of fungi that are
extremely vital to the functioning of forest ecosystems. Over a three-year period, we …

Community developmental patterns and ecological functions of ectomycorrhizal fungi: implications from primary succession

K Nara - Mycorrhiza: State of the art, genetics and molecular …, 2008 - Springer
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 …