Mycorrhiza is a mutualistic symbiosis between some plant species and a diverse group of
soil fungi. Mycorrhizal symbiosis is categorized into discrete types based on the structural …

Advances in the sequencing of DNA extracted from media such as soil and water offer huge
opportunities for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, particularly where the collection or …

Different distance-based threshold selection approaches were used to assess and compare
use of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region to distinguish among 901 Cortinarius …

Fungal Systematics and Evolution (FUSE) is one of the journal series to address the “fusion”
between morphological data and molecular phylogenetic data and to describe new fungal …

Long-term reliance on inorganic N to maintain and increase crop yields in overly simplified
cropping systems in the US Midwest region has led to soil acidification, potentially damaging …

The boreal forest environment plays an important role in the global C cycle due to its high
carbon storage capacity. However, relatively little is known about the forest fungal …

Boreal peatlands play a crucial role in global carbon cycling, acting as an important carbon
reservoir. However, little information is available on how peatland microbial communities are …

The genus Laccaria is a type of cosmopolitan and ecologically important fungal group.
Members can form ectomycorrhizal associations with numerous trees, and some species are …

As an ectomycorrhizal fungal genus that contains matsutake and other edible mushrooms,
Tricholoma has great economic and ecological significance. However, the phylogenetic …

Although taxonomic knowledge on Tricholoma (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) is fairly
comprehensive in northwest Europe, knowledge of the global diversity and distribution of …