Introduction Heavy metal pollution is a strong driver of above-and belowground communities
and triggers evolutionary adaptation in organisms. This review provides an overview of our …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Despite the ubiquity and importance of ectomycorrhizal fungi to ecosystem function, our
understanding of their functional ecology remains poor. The highly melanized and common …

Background and aims Dark septate endophyte (DSE) fungi are the most frequent colonists
on the roots of Salix caprea in highly metal-contaminated soils. The present study was …

Metal-rich soils, especially heavy metal-polluted soils and ultramafic soils, are generally
toxic to non-adapted plants and microorganisms. The role of mycorrhizal fungi in the metal …

菌根真菌是土壤中重要生物成员之一, 不仅具有丰富的遗传多样性和物种多样性,
其功能也是丰富多样, 主要体现在: 1) 影响陆生植物起源, 进化, 演化与分布; 2) …

The application of mycorrhizal fungi as a bioaugmentation technology for phytoremediation
of heavy metal (HM) contaminated soil has attracted widespread attention. In order to …

Amanita muscaria is an ectomycorrhizal mushroom that commonly grows at metal-polluted
sites. Sporocarps from the lead smelter-polluted area near Příbram (Central Bohemia …

This study aimed to isolate, identify, and characterise metal-tolerant fungi colonising poplar
roots at a metal-contaminated phytoremediation site. Poplar roots were colonised by …

Nutrient uptake by plants is essential for their development and for the passage of minerals
into the food chain, but it also faces several limitations. Whereas soil physicochemical …