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 …

'Can't see the forest for the trees': The importance of fungi in the context of UK tree planting

A Baird, F Pope - Food and Energy Security, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree planting now forms a major part of the UK climate mitigation strategy, with targets to
increase the forest cover from the current 13% to 17%–20% by 2050. A tree planting strategy …

[HTML][HTML] Comparable ectomycorrhizal fungal species richness but low species similarity among native Abies alba and alien Abies grandis from provenance trials in …

M Kujawska, M Rudawska, R Wilgan, J Banach… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our study contributes to the understanding of the diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungal (ECMF)
communities of native A. alba and alien A. grandis in provenance trials situated in lowland …

Similarities and differences among soil fungal assemblages in managed forests and formerly managed forest reserves

MB Kujawska, M Rudawska, R Wilgan, T Leski - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unlike the numerous works concerning the effect of management on the forest mycobiome,
only a few studies have addressed how fungi from different trophic groups recover from …

Soil Fungal Diversity and Functionality Changes Associated with Multispecies Restoration of Pinus massoniana Plantation in Subtropical China

L Wu, L Zhou, B Zou, S Wang, Y Zheng, Z Huang… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil fungi play a critical role in the carbon and nutrient cycling of forest ecosystems.
Identifying the composition of soil fungi in response to the broadleaf restoration of Pinus …

Landscape-scale mapping of soil fungal distribution: proposing a new NGS-based approach

D Janowski, T Leski - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Soil fungi play an indispensable role in the functioning of terrestrial habitats. Most landscape-
scale studies of soil fungal diversity try to identify the fungal taxa present at a study site and …

Ectomycorrhizal Assemblages of Invasive Quercus rubra L. and Non-Invasive Carya Nutt. Trees under Common Garden Conditions in Europe

R Wilgan, T Leski - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Invasive tree species change biodiversity, nutrient cycles, and ecosystem services, and can
turn native ecosystems into novel ecosystems determined by invaders. In the acclimatization …

Social-ecological network of peri-urban forest in urban expansion: A case study of urban agglomeration in Guanzhong Plain, China

G Wang, J Li, X Liu, B Li, Y Zhang - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Socio-ecological networks maintain reciprocal interactions between nature and society. As a
result of these interactions key abundant ecological resources and ecosystem services for …

Site conditions shaped the effect of silvicultural management on the biodiversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in mixed Nothofagus forests

FD Floriani, V El Mujtar, C Mateo, G Sola… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ectomycorrhizas (EcM) constitute a crucial component of soil biota in forest ecosystems,
where they perform functions of great ecological significance. Although there is available …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of forest reserves and managed forests to the diversity of macrofungi of different trophic groups in European mixed coniferous forest …

M Rudawska, T Leski, M Stasińska, L Karliński… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We report the first robust estimate of macrofungal assemblages in European mixed
coniferous forest to better understand species diversity under two management strategies …