Drought stress (DS) is a serious abiotic stress and a major concern across the globe as its
intensity is continuously climbing. Therefore, it is direly needed to develop new management …

Dead microbial cells, commonly referred to as necromass, are increasingly recognized as
an important source of both persistent carbon as well as nutrient availability in soils. Studies …

Boreal forest soils are important global carbon sinks, with significant storage in the organic
topsoil. Decomposition of these stocks requires oxidative enzymes, uniquely produced by …

Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus, Cortinarius, which is the largest
Agaricales genus, with thousands of species worldwide. The species are important …

Mycorrhizal fungi associated with boreal trees and ericaceous shrubs are central actors in
organic matter (OM) accumulation through their belowground carbon allocation, their …

Forest soils harbor hyper-diverse microbial communities which fundamentally regulate
carbon and nutrient cycling across the globe. Directly testing hypotheses on how …

Interactions between soil nitrogen (N) availability, fungal community composition, and soil
organic matter (SOM) regulate soil carbon (C) dynamics in many forest ecosystems, but …

The interaction networks formed by ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and their tree hosts, which
are important to both forest recruitment and ecosystem carbon and nutrient retention, may be …

Soil fungi belonging to different functional guilds, such as saprotrophs, pathogens, and
mycorrhizal symbionts, play key roles in forest ecosystems. To date, no study has compared …

The aboveground impacts of climate change receive extensive research attention, but
climate change could also alter belowground processes such as the delicate balance …