Fungi are of fundamental importance in terrestrial ecosystems, and their roles and
importance are usually overlooked or underestimated by ecologists who study plants or …

Fungi play key roles in numerous ecosystem functions, and recent advances in the study of
fungal diversity and ecology have led to a greater appreciation of this group of …

Fungi fulfil a range of important ecological functions, yet current understanding of fungal
biodiversity in soil is limited. Direct DNA extraction from soil, coupled with polymerase chain …

Fungal taxa that play important roles in soil are diverse, including at least five phyla and
hundreds of thousands of species. Well-known ecological niches include root pathogens …

Fungi are found in all aerobic ecosystems, colonizing a diversity of substrates and
performing a wide diversity of functions, some of which are not well understood. Many …

Fungi represent an important group of eukaryotic microorganisms and play a pivotal role in
processes such as organic matter cycling (including bioremediation and spoilage of fruits …

Imagine trying to document the diver-sity of the world's fungi. You would have to look literally
everywhere—from the microscopic fungi that parasitize the protozoa in animal rumens to the …

Fungi are of fundamental importance in the terrestrial environment. They have roles as
decomposers, plant pathogens, symbionts, and in elemental cycles. Fungi are often …

The great majority of the 80 000+ fungal species so far named and described are likely to
occur in the soil environment at some stage in their life-cycle. Fungi therefore have many …

Imagine trying to document the diversity of the world's fungi. You would have to look literally
everywhere--from the microscopic fungi that parasitize the protozoa in animal rumens to the …