Fire as a driver of fungal diversity—A synthesis of current knowledge

S Fox, BA Sikes, SP Brown, CL Cripps, SI Glassman… - Mycologia, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fires occur in most terrestrial ecosystems where they drive changes in the traits,
composition, and diversity of fungal communities. Fires range from rare, stand-replacing …

Wildfire impacts on root‐associated fungi and predicted plant–soil feedbacks in the boreal forest: research progress and recommendations

RE Hewitt, NJ Day, MR DeVan, DL Taylor - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Root‐associated fungi play a critical role in plant ecophysiology, growth and subsequent
responses to disturbances, so they are thought to be particularly instrumental in shaping …

[HTML][HTML] A simple pyrocosm for studying soil microbial response to fire reveals a rapid, massive response by Pyronema species

TD Bruns, JA Chung, AA Carver, SI Glassman - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We have designed a pyrocosm to enable fine-scale dissection of post-fire soil microbial
communities. Using it we show that the peak soil temperature achieved at a given depth …

Does resource exchange in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis vary with competitive context and nitrogen addition?

LM Bogar, OS Tavasieff, TK Raab, KG Peay - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis is essential for the nutrition of most temperate forest trees and
helps regulate the movement of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) through forested ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Competition-function tradeoffs in ectomycorrhizal fungi

HV Moeller, KG Peay - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background. The extent to which ectomycorrhizal fungi mediate primary production, carbon
storage, and nutrient remineralization in terrestrial ecosystems depends upon fungal …

[HTML][HTML] Convergence in mycorrhizal fungal communities due to drought, plant competition, parasitism, and susceptibility to herbivory: consequences for fungi and host …

CA Gehring, RC Mueller, KE Haskins… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Plants and mycorrhizal fungi influence each other's abundance, diversity, and distribution.
How other biotic interactions affect the mycorrhizal symbiosis is less well understood …

Ectomycorrhizal fungus communities of Quercus liaotungensis Koidz of different ages in a northern China temperate forest

Q Wang, XH He, LD Guo - Mycorrhiza, 2012 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities of Quercus liaotungensis of different ages
(seedlings, young trees and mature trees) in the growing seasons (June and September) …

Rhizopogon olivaceotinctus increases its inoculum potential in heated soil independent of competitive release from other ectomycorrhizal fungi

TD Bruns, ML Hale, NH Nguyen - Mycologia, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Rhizopogon olivaceotinctus is a rarely collected ectomycorrhizal fungus that has been found
primarily in California and southern Oregon. Prior work has shown that it (i) is common in …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and potential functional roles of soil fungal communities on arid farms in Arequipa (Southern Peru) characterized using SMRT sequencing

A Rodriguez-Sanchez, A Tomasek, S McMillan… - Applied Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Small farms near Arequipa, Peru face many challenges including crop diseases
caused by soil-borne fungal pathogens. Identifying fungi in these soils and factors that shift …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid nitrogen loss from ectomycorrhizal pine germinants signaled by their fungal symbiont

JM Smith, MD Whiteside, MD Jones - Mycorrhiza, 2020 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizal fungi supply their plant partners with nitrogen but can also retain substantial
amounts. The concentration of nitrogen in the soil and the amount of carbon supplied from …