Fire as a driver of fungal diversity—A synthesis of current knowledge

S Fox, BA Sikes, SP Brown, CL Cripps, SI Glassman… - Mycologia, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fires occur in most terrestrial ecosystems where they drive changes in the traits,
composition, and diversity of fungal communities. Fires range from rare, stand-replacing …

Back to roots: The role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in boreal and temperate forest restoration

N Policelli, TR Horton, AT Hudon… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Temperate and boreal forests are increasingly suffering from anthropic degradation.
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are symbionts with most temperate and boreal forest trees …

Comparison and validation of some ITS primer pairs useful for fungal metabarcoding studies

M Op De Beeck, B Lievens, P Busschaert, S Declerck… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Current metabarcoding studies aiming to characterize microbial communities generally rely
on the amplification and sequencing of relatively short DNA regions. For fungi, the internal …

Lack of belowground mutualisms hinders Pinaceae invasions

MA Nuñez, TR Horton, D Simberloff - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Why particular invasions succeed and others fail is not well understood. The role of soil biota
has been proposed as important. However, the role of mutualists has received much less …

Suilloid fungi as global drivers of pine invasions

N Policelli, TD Bruns, R Vilgalys, MA Nuñez - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Belowground biota can deeply influence plant invasion. The presence of appropriate soil
mutualists can act as a driver to enable plants to colonize new ranges. We reviewed the …

Ecology and management of invasive Pinaceae around the world: progress and challenges

MA Nuñez, MC Chiuffo, A Torres, T Paul… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Many species in the family Pinaceae are invaders. These species are relatively easy to
control because of some of their intrinsic characteristics and because they are highly visible …

Contrasting primary successional trajectories of fungi and bacteria in retreating glacier soils

SP Brown, A Jumpponen - Molecular ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Early community assembly of soil microbial communities is essential for pedogenesis and
development of organic legacies. We examined fungal and bacterial successions along a …

Mammalian mycophagy: a global review of ecosystem interactions between mammals and fungi

TF Elliott, C Truong, SM Jackson… - Fungal Systematics …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

Mycorrhizas and mycorrhizal fungal communities throughout ecosystem development

IA Dickie, LB Martínez-García, N Koele, GA Grelet… - Plant and Soil, 2013 - Springer
Background and scope Plant communities and underlying soils undergo substantial,
coordinated shifts throughout ecosystem development. However, shifts in the composition …

How metal-tolerant ecotypes of ectomycorrhizal fungi protect plants from heavy metal pollution

JV Colpaert, JHL Wevers, E Krznaric… - Annals of forest …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Heavy metal pollution is a strong driver of above-and belowground communities
and triggers evolutionary adaptation in organisms. This review provides an overview of our …