There are growing doubts about the true role of the common mycorrhizal networks (CMN or
wood wide web) connecting the roots of trees in forests. We question the claims of a …

Highlights•Basidiomycetes produce enzymes useful to attack toxic persistent organic
pollutants.•Mainly laccase and peroxidases are considered for water and soil …

Next generation metabarcoding is becoming an indispensable tool in fungal community
ecology. Here we tested Illumina metabarcoding, a method that generates shorter reads but …

Microbial communities in plant roots provide critical links between above‐and belowground
processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Variation in root communities has been attributed to …

Bacterial and fungal communities associated with plant roots are central to the host health,
survival and growth. However, a robust understanding of the root-microbiome and the …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ubiquitous soil fungi, forming mutualistic symbiosis
with a majority of terrestrial plant species. They are abundant in nearly all soils, less diverse …

Soil fungi are key players in nutrient cycles as decomposers, mutualists and pathogens, but
the impact of tropical rain forest transformation into rubber or oil palm plantations on fungal …

Interactions between trees and microorganisms are tremendously complex and the
multispecies networks resulting from these associations have consequences for plant …

Ectomycorrhizas (EMs) are mutualistic associations between certain soil fungi and higher
plants. EMs can modulate the cellular, physiological and molecular processes of host plants …

Ectomycorrhizas (EMs), which are symbiotic organs formed between tree roots and certain
fungi, can mediate cadmium (Cd) tolerance of host plants, but the underlying physiological …