The chestnut tree (Castanea spp.) is an important resource worldwide. It is cultivated due to
the high value of its fruits and wood. The evolution between Castanea biodiversity and …

Mushrooms have been valued as highly tasty/nutritional foods and as a source of
compounds with medicinal properties. The huge mushrooms reservoir of Northeast Portugal …

Fungi are some of the most diverse organisms on earth and since prehistoric times have
played an important role in human society. In recent years they have become a strategic …

Secondary metabolites present in the volatile fraction of six wild mushroom species
(Clitocybe odora, Clitocybe fragrans, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Lepista nuda, Tricholoma …

The chestnut tree is an important forestry species worldwide, as well as a valuable food
resource. Over recent years, Portugal has shown an increasing trend in chestnut tree area …

Wildfires are the major disturbance in Mediterranean ecosystems affecting both vegetation
and fungal communities. After fire, fungal communities follow succession patterns mainly …

This study aims at characterizing the diversity and temporal changes of species richness
and composition of fungi in an ecotone of a forest border and a meadow in the Taunus …

Wild fungi play a critical role in forest ecosystems, and its recollection is a relevant economic
activity. Understanding fungal response to climate is necessary in order to predict future …

With the aim of increasing knowledge of community structure, dynamics and production of
ectomycorrhizal fungi, edible sporocarp yields were monitored between 1995 and 2004 in a …

Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) are plants of relevant economic interest in the agro-sylvicultural
contexts of mountain regions throughout the temperate zone, particularly in the northern …