Microplastics are a globally-ubiquitous aquatic pollutant and have been heavily studied over
the last decade. Of particular interest are the interactions between microplastics and …

Plant adaptation under climate changes is critical to the maintenance of terrestrial
ecosystem structure and function. Studying the response of the endophytic community to …

Recent meta-analyses of fungal diversity using deeply sequenced marker genes suggest
that most fungal taxa are locally distributed. However, little is known about the extent of …

While the structure and function of the microbial communities associated with the
rhizosphere and phyllosphere have received broad attention, the knowledge of seed …

Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) are prominent keystone species of great economic and
environmental value for central Europe, hosting a diverse mycobiome. The composition of …

The distance-decay pattern of similarity in ecological communities has been recognized by
ecologists for decades [1]. Such a pattern has been shown for diverse macroorganisms and …

The phyllosphere is the aerial part of plants that is exposed to different environmental
conditions and is also known to harbor a wide variety of bacteria including both plant and …

Freshwater ascomycetes are the predominant fungal colonizers of ligno-cellulosic
substrates submerged in freshwater habitats. Although considered important decomposers …

The foliar surface forms one of the largest aboveground habitats on Earth and maintains
plant‐fungus relationships that greatly affect ecosystem functioning. Despite many studies …

Beech leaf disease (BLD) is a newly emerging disease in North America that affects
American beech (Fagus grandifolia). It is increasingly recognized that BLD is caused by a …