Fungi are eukaryotes that play essential roles in ecosystems. Among fungi, Basidiomycota is
one of the major phyla with more than 40,000 described species. We review species …

The accelerating global rate of species extinctions and the inevitable human impacts on
biodiversity have increased the need to conserve, restore and use ecosystems sustainably …

The influence of forest management on fungal diversity and community composition has
been the subject of a wide number of studies over the last two decades. However, the …

Aims Primary forests are critical for forest biodiversity and provide key ecosystem services. In
Europe, these forests are particularly scarce and it is unclear whether they are sufficiently …

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 …

Questions Primary forests fulfil important roles in preserving biodiversity, storing carbon and
increasing ecological understanding. Yet, they have become very rare in Europe. An …

Short-rotation forestry on former agricultural soils is a novel silvicultural system for producing
woody biomass and mitigating climate change through CO 2 uptake. However, tree …

Fungal communities are especially relevant in Mediterranean regions, a 'hotspot'of fungal
diversity, and where the value of edible commercial sporocarps may be much higher than …

Oak forests accompanied by Cistus species are a common landscape in the Mediterranean
basin. It is argued that Cistus dominated fields serve as recruitment areas for Quercus …

Abstract Xylodon (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) is the largest segregate genus of
Hyphodontia sl Based on molecular and morphological data, 77 species are accepted in …