Human life has been significantly impacted by the creation and spread of novel species of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria and virus strains that are difficult to manage. Scientists and …

Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with
microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism …

The work of Mark et al.(2020; pp. 1362–1375), in this issue of New Phytologist, prompted us
to revisit how the term 'lichen'should now be defined, as they dig deeper into the …

Lichenicolous fungi represent a highly specialized and successful group of organisms that
live exclusively on lichens, most commonly as host-specific parasites, but also as broad …

Endophytic fungi are symptomless internal inhabits of plant tissues. They are implicated in
the production of antibiotic and other compounds of therapeutic importance. Ecologically …

We surveyed endophytic fungal communities in leaves of a single tree species
(Metrosideros polymorpha) across wide environmental gradients (500–5,500 mm of rain/y; …

Understanding how species-rich communities persist is a foundational question in ecology.
In tropical forests, tree diversity is structured by edaphic factors, climate, and biotic …

Nonpathogenic foliar fungi (ie endophytes and epiphytes) can modify plant disease severity
in controlled experiments. However, experiments have not been combined with ecological …

Abstract Background Lichens, encompassing 20,000 known species, are symbioses
between specialized fungi (mycobionts), mostly ascomycetes, and unicellular green algae or …

"… 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 …