What are mycorrhizal traits?

VB Chaudhary, EP Holland… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Traits are inherent properties of organisms, but how are they defined for organismal
networks such as mycorrhizal symbioses? Mycorrhizal symbioses are complex and diverse …

Fungal dispersal across spatial scales

VB Chaudhary, CA Aguilar-Trigueros… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Fungi play key roles in ecosystems and human societies as decomposers, nutrient cyclers,
mutualists, and pathogens. Estimates suggest that roughly 3–13 million fungal species exist …

[HTML][HTML] Bioaugmentation of native fungi, an efficient strategy for the bioremediation of an aged industrially polluted soil with heavy hydrocarbons

MC Medaura, M Guivernau, X Moreno-Ventas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The concurrence of structurally complex petroleum-associated contaminants at relatively
high concentrations, with diverse climatic conditions and textural soil characteristics, hinders …

Trait‐based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

VB Chaudhary, S Nolimal… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a key process driving local‐scale community assembly and global‐scale
biogeography of plant symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities. A trait …

Fungal foraging behaviour and hyphal space exploration in micro-structured Soil Chips

K Aleklett, P Ohlsson, M Bengtsson… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
How do fungi navigate through the complex microscopic maze-like structures found in the
soil? Fungal behaviour, especially at the hyphal scale, is largely unknown and challenging …

Fungi as environmental bioindicators

SD Warnasuriya, D Udayanga, DS Manamgoda… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental bioindicators are species or communities of animals, plants, bacteria, fungi,
algae, lichens, and planktons whose existence, quantity, and nature can be used to make …

Dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: evidence and insights for ecological studies

C Paz, M Öpik, L Bulascoschi, CG Bueno, M Galetti - Microbial Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Dispersal is a critical ecological process that modulates gene flow and contributes to the
maintenance of genetic and taxonomic diversity within ecosystems. Despite an increasing …

Landscape connectivity for the invisibles

C Mony, L Uroy, F Khalfallah, N Haddad… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Because of land use changes, a worldwide decrease in biodiversity is underway, mostly
driven by habitat degradation and fragmentation. Increasing landscape connectivity (ie the …

Symbiotic status alters fungal eco‐evolutionary offspring trajectories

CA Aguilar‐Trigueros, FS Krah, WK Cornwell… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite host‐fungal symbiotic interactions being ubiquitous in all ecosystems,
understanding how symbiosis has shaped the ecology and evolution of fungal spores that …

[HTML][HTML] Production of pigments by filamentous fungi cultured on agro-industrial by-products using submerged and solid-state fermentation methods

TBJ Molelekoa, T Regnier, LS da Silva, W Augustyn - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
The food and pharmaceutical industries are searching for natural colour alternatives as
required by consumers. Over the last decades, fungi have emerged as producers of natural …