Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

In forest ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play a central role in the
breakdown of soil organic matter (SOM). Competition between these two fungal guilds has …

Fungi typically live in highly diverse communities composed of multiple ecological guilds.
Although high-throughput sequencing has greatly increased the ability to quantify the …

Here, the coevolution of mycorrhizal fungi and roots is assessed in the light of evidence now
available, from palaeobotanical and morphological studies and the analysis of DNA‐based …

Progress towards understanding the extent to which mycorrhizal fungi are involved in the
mobilization of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from natural substrates is reviewed here …

Communities of litter saprotrophic and root‐associated fungi are vertically separated within
boreal forest soil profiles. It is unclear whether this depth partitioning is maintained …

Our understanding of how saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi interact to re‐circulate carbon
and nutrients from plant litter and soil organic matter is limited by poor understanding of their …

The fungal symbionts forming ectomycorrhizas, as well as their associated bacteria, benefit
forest trees in a number of ways although the most important is enhancing soil nutrient …

Plant nutrients, with the exception of nitrogen, are ultimately derived from weathering of
primary minerals. Traditional theories about the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in plant …

Extraradical mycelia of mycorrhizal fungi are normally the hidden half of the symbiosis, but
they are powerful underground influences upon biogeochemical cycling, the composition of …