Forest trees form symbiotic associations with endophytic fungi which live inside healthy
tissues as quiescent microthalli. All forest trees in temperate zones host endophytic fungi …

The tenn epiphyte is used in general to characterize organisms that subsist only on plant
surfaces. De Bary's (1866) definition of endophytes-all the organisms that colonize internal …

242 Jeffrey K. Stone et al.(foliar endophytes), young and old bark (bark endophytes), and
wood (xylem endophytes and wood decomposers). Increasing interest in cryptic occupation …

Ecologists are becoming increasingly aware that a plant out in the field is not simply a plant
but rather a merger of fungal cells with plant tissues; from endophytic fungi in the stems and …

S ymbiotic associations between fungi and photosynthetic organisms are both ancient and
ubiquitous (Alexopoulos et al. 1996; Berbee 2001; Heckman et al. 2001). Comprising …

Various endophyte assemblages have been reported among plants and tissues, however,
the extent to which the host and/or tissues determine the endophyte community structure has …

Sufficient biodiversity is required for ecosystem functions. The question is how we can
assess required biodiversity if we are able to recognize only a fraction of diversity, and/or …

Endophytes are fungi that form inapparent infections within leaves and stems of healthy
plants. Closely related to virulent pathogens but with limited, if any, pathogenic effects …

Fungal endophytes of tropical trees are expected to be exceptionally species rich as a
consequence of high tree diversity in the tropics and the purported host restriction among …

In spite of the term 'endophyte'being employed for all organisms that inhabit plants,
mycologists have come to use the term 'fungal endophyte'for fungi that inhabit plants without …