Fungal identification using molecular tools: a primer for the natural products research community

HA Raja, AN Miller, CJ Pearce… - Journal of natural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Fungi are morphologically, ecologically, metabolically, and phylogenetically diverse. They
are known to produce numerous bioactive molecules, which makes them very useful for …

[HTML][HTML] Lineages of ectomycorrhizal fungi revisited: foraging strategies and novel lineages revealed by sequences from belowground

L Tedersoo, ME Smith - Fungal biology reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
In the fungal kingdom, the ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis has evolved independently in
multiple groups that are referred to as lineages. A growing number of molecular studies in …

Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages

L Tedersoo, TW May, ME Smith - Mycorrhiza, 2010 - Springer
The ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis involves a large number of plant and fungal taxa
worldwide. During studies on EcM diversity, numerous misidentifications, and contradictory …

ITS 1 versus ITS 2 as DNA metabarcodes for fungi

R Blaalid, S Kumar, RH Nilsson… - Molecular ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer ITS region is widely used as a
DNA metabarcoding marker to characterize the diversity and composition of fungal …

[PDF][PDF] Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity: seperating the wheat from the chaff

AC Rinaldi, O Comandini, TW Kuyper - Fungal diversity, 2008 - fungaldiversity.org
Thousands of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species exist, but estimates of global species
richness of ECM fungi differ widely. Many genera have been proposed as being ECM, but in …

Strong host preference of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Tasmanian wet sclerophyll forest as revealed by DNA barcoding and taxon‐specific primers

L Tedersoo, T Jairus, BM Horton, K Abarenkov… - New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis is a widespread plant nutrition strategy in Australia,
especially in semiarid regions. This study aims to determine the diversity, community …

Ectomycorrhizal associations in the tropics–biogeography, diversity patterns and ecosystem roles

A Corrales, TW Henkel, ME Smith - New phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1076 I. Introduction 1076 II. Historical overview 1077 III. Identities and
distributions of tropical ectomycorrhizal plants 1077 IV. Dominance of tropical forests by …

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

JJ Grossman, M Vanhellemont, N Barsoum… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite considerable research demonstrating that biodiversity increases productivity in
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …

Environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal communities in Europe's temperate oak forests

LM Suz, N Barsoum, S Benham, HP Dietrich… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are major ecological players in temperate forests, but they are rarely
used in measures of forest condition because large‐scale, high‐resolution, standardized …

Phylogenetic relationships among host plants explain differences in fungal species richness and community composition in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

L Tedersoo, M Mett, TA Ishida, M Bahram - New Phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic and taxonomic host ranges determine the distribution of biotrophic organisms.
Host phylogenetic distance strongly affects the community composition of pathogens and …