Taxonomy and phylogeny of operculate discomycetes: Pezizomycetes

AH Ekanayaka, KD Hyde, EBG Jones, QI Zhao - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
The class Pezizomycetes is monophyletic within the subdivision Pezizomycotina. The main
distinguishing character of this class is operculate asci, although in some taxa this character …

Large‐scale fungal diversity assessment in the Andean Yungas forests reveals strong community turnover among forest types along an altitudinal gradient

J Geml, N Pastor, L Fernandez, S Pacheco… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Yungas, a system of tropical and subtropical montane forests on the eastern slopes of
the Andes, are extremely diverse and severely threatened by anthropogenic pressure and …

Altitudinal gradients in mycorrhizal symbioses: The current state of knowledge on how richness and community structure change with elevation

J Geml - Biogeography of mycorrhizal symbiosis, 2017 - Springer
Mountains, due to their often steep gradients in abiotic and biotic factors, offer an ideal
setting to improve our understanding of mechanisms that underlie species distribution and …

Variation in forest soil fungal diversity along a latitudinal gradient

LL Shi, PE Mortimer, JW Ferry Slik, XM Zou, J Xu… - Fungal Diversity, 2014 - Springer
In forest ecosystems, plant communities shape soil fungal communities through the
provisioning of carbon. Although the variation in forest composition with latitude is well …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and soil enzymes exhibit contrasting patterns along elevation gradients in southern Patagonia

C Truong, LA Gabbarini, A Corrales, AB Mujic… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The biological and functional diversity of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) associations remain largely
unknown in South America. In Patagonia, the ECM tree Nothofagus pumilio forms …

Elevation matters more than season in shaping the heterogeneity of soil and root associated ectomycorrhizal fungal community

S Gong, B Feng, SP Jian, GS Wang, ZW Ge… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi play important roles in forest ecosystems, and their richness
and composition can change along with elevation and season changes. However, no study …

Correlated evolution in an ectomycorrhizal host–symbiont system

LG van Galen, DA Orlovich, JM Lord… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms of diversification in fungi are relatively poorly known. Many ectomycorrhizal
symbionts show preference for particular host genera or families, so host–symbiont selection …

Changes in richness and community composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi among altitudinal vegetation types on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo

J Geml, LN Morgado, TA Semenova‐Nelsen… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution patterns of tropical ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi along altitudinal gradients
remain largely unknown. Furthermore, despite being an iconic site for biodiversity research …

Mushroom biomass and diversity are driven by different spatio-temporal scales along Mediterranean elevation gradients

JG Alday, J Martínez de Aragón, S de-Miguel… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Mushrooms are important non-wood-forest-products in many Mediterranean ecosystems,
being highly vulnerable to climate change. However, the ecological scales of variation of …

Tree species identity and diversity drive fungal richness and community composition along an elevational gradient in a Mediterranean ecosystem

A Saitta, S Anslan, M Bahram, L Brocca, L Tedersoo - Mycorrhiza, 2018 - Springer
Ecological and taxonomic knowledge is important for conservation and utilization of
biodiversity. Biodiversity and ecology of fungi in Mediterranean ecosystems is poorly …