Globally, ultramafic outcrops are renowned for hosting floras with high levels of endemism,
including plants with specialised adaptations such as nickel or manganese …

Ultramafic ecosystems are renowned for high endemism and habitat specialization.
However, most of our understanding of ultramafic plant ecology comes from Mediterranean …

Plants adapted to special soil types are ideal for investigating evolutionary processes,
including maintenance of intraspecific variation, adaptation, reproductive isolation, ecotypic …

Serpentine barrens are among the most challenging settings for plant life. Representing a
perfect storm of hazards, serpentines consist of broadly skewed elemental profiles, including …

Molecular phylogenies in the past decade have demonstrated that the described diversity of
Cortinarius is still underestimated, especially outside continental and boreal ecoregions …

We update and revise the serpentine affinity database of, which documents levels of plant
taxon association with ultramafic (“serpentine”) substrates in the California flora. The revised …

This study was conducted to understand the role of bacterial–fungal interactions on heavy
metal uptake by Zea mays plants. A pot experiment was conducted for 90 days with Z. mays …

The diversity and spatial structure of soil fungi (SF) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
communities in the southern taiga forest litter were studied in sites with two contrasting …

Since 1991, researchers from approximately 45 nations have participated in eight
International Conferences on Serpentine Ecology (ICSE). The Conferences are coordinated …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are obligate fungi (root symbionts) of the phylum of
Glomeromycota that associated with 70–90% of land's plants. AMF are found in many types …