In forest ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play a central role in the
breakdown of soil organic matter (SOM). Competition between these two fungal guilds has …

The turnover of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal biomass represents a significant input into
forest carbon (C) and nutrient cycles. Given the size of these fluxes, understanding the …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Truffles (Tuber spp.) are symbiotic fungi that develop underground in association with plant
roots. Food connoisseurs describe their scent as sensual, seductive and unique. These …

Covering: up to the end of 2014 Fungi are widespread in nature and have conquered nearly
every ecological niche. Fungi occur not only in terrestrial but also in freshwater and marine …

Leotiomycetes is regarded as the inoperculate class of discomycetes within the phylum
Ascomycota. Taxa are mainly characterized by asci with a simple pore blueing in Melzer's …

On the basis of detailed morphological and molecular investigation, eighteen new species of
Inocybe (I. alberichiana, I. beatifica, I. bellidiana, I. clandestina, I. drenthensis, I. dryadiana, I …

In a recent study pyrosequencing of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer-1 (ITS-1) has
validated the effectiveness of such technology in the survey of soil fungal diversity. Here we …

Mushrooms can be found in forests worldwide and have long been exploited as resources in
developed economies because of their important agro-industrial, medicinal and commercial …

In light of the recent finding that Tuber melanosporum, the ectomycorrhizal ascomycete that
produces the most highly prized black truffles, is a heterothallic species, we monitored the …