A common mycorrhizal network (CMN) is formed when mycorrhizal fungal hyphae connect
the roots of multiple plants of the same or different species belowground. Recently, CMNs …

Mycorrhizal symbioses between plants and fungi are vital for the soil structure, nutrient
cycling, plant diversity, and ecosystem sustainability. More than 250 000 plant species are …

The genetic structure of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal populations results from both
vegetative and sexual propagation. In this study, we have analysed the spatial genetic …

During symbiosis, organisms use a range of metabolic and protein-based signals to
communicate. Of these protein signals, one class is defined as 'effectors', ie, small secreted …

Truffles are symbiotic fungi in high demand by food connoisseurs. Improving yield and
product quality requires a better understanding of truffle genetics and aroma biosynthesis …

Studies on ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF) populations, their genetic diversity, dynamics and
the ecological drivers of their structure have long struggled with characterisation of fungal …

Purple Laccaria are ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes associated with temperate forests all
over the Northern Hemisphere in at least two taxa: Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis in …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are among the most prevalent fungal partners of plants and can
constitute up to one-third of forest microbial biomass. As mutualistic partners that supply …

Rhizopogon vesiculosus and R. vinicolor are sister fungal species; they form
ectomycorrhizas exclusively with Douglas-fir roots, and they are important in forming …

The mushroom genus Laccaria is one of the very few ectomycorrhizal lineages whose
diversity has been explored from the phylogenetic, population genetic, genomic, and …