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; …

Fungal endophytes are ubiquitous fungi that inhabit healthy plant tissues without causing
disease. Endophytes have been found in every plant species examined to date and may be …

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 …

Microbial symbionts inhabit tissues of all plants and animals. Their community composition
depends largely on two ecological processes:(1) filtering by abiotic conditions and host …

Plant-symbiotic fungi influence the structure and function of all terrestrial ecosystems, but
factors shaping their distributions in time and space are rarely well understood. Grasses …

Horizontally-transmitted foliar endophytic fungi can moderate plant tolerance to abiotic and
biotic stress. Previous studies have found correlations between climate and endophyte beta …

• Premise of the study: Endophytic and endolichenic fungi occur in healthy tissues of plants
and lichens, respectively, playing potentially important roles in the ecology and evolution of …

All plants form symbioses with endophytic fungi, which affect host plant health and function.
Most endophytic fungi are horizontally transmitted, and consequently, local environment and …

We examined endophytic fungi in asymptomatic foliage of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in
North Carolina, USA, with four goals:(i) to evaluate morphotaxa, BLAST matches and groups …

Understanding how fungal endophyte communities differ in abundance, diversity, taxonomic
composition, and host affinity over the geographic ranges of their hosts is key to …