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 …

The fungal kingdom is a hyperdiverse group of multicellular eukaryotes with profound
impacts on human society and ecosystem function. The challenge of documenting and …

Extraradical mycelia of mycorrhizal fungi are normally the hidden half of the symbiosis, but
they are powerful underground influences upon biogeochemical cycling, the composition of …

Ectomycorrhizas (ECM) are dual organs formed between the terminal feeder roots of many
plant species and certain soil fungi. The species richness and taxonomic diversity of ECM …

Extramatrical mycelia (EMM) of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are potentially extensive in soil
and receive significant allocations of plant-derived carbon. Although losses from living EMM …

Basidiomycete mycelia are ubiquitous in forest soils where they fulfil a range of key
ecological functions. Population studies, based largely on basidiome collections, indicate …

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form mutualistic symbioses with many tree species and are
regarded as key organisms in nutrient and carbon cycles in forest ecosystems. Our …

Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi are major microbial components of boreal, temperate and
Mediterranean forests, as well as some tropical forest ecosystems. Nearly two decades of …

Microbial ecology has made large advances over the last decade, mostly because of
improvements in molecular analysis techniques that have enabled the detection and …

Spatial analysis was used to explore the distribution of individual species in an
ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal community to address: whether mycorrhizas of individual …