Insect-fungus-plant tripartite interactions are reviewed centring on the interactions which
occur when insects and fungi are present on the same host plant and mainly excluding …

The desire for decreased reliance on chemical pesticides continues to fuel interest in
alternative means for pest control including the use of naturally occurring microbial insect …

Humans have been fascinated by bees for centuries. Bees display a wide spectrum of
behaviours and ecological roles that have provided biologists with a vast amount of material …

Dead wood is considered important in forest conservation, but patterns of fungal diversity on
dead wood have rarely been quantified. We investigated the relative importance of coarse …

As natural historians, it is important that we mycologists, like the botanists and zoologists of
an earlier era, take time to be curious about two related aspects of our organisms: where …

Homobasidiomycetes include the mushroomforming fungi and related taxa. Over 13 000
species of homobasidiomycetes have been described, which is equal to approximately 23 …

In a study of the effect of forest clear-cutting on the saproxylic beetle fauna in aspen in
Norwegian boreonemoral forest, we find that both sun exposure and substrate are important …

Although species lists for particular localities have been compiled by numerous workers,
relatively few biogeographical studies of myxomycetes (plasmodial moulds) have been …

Fungi can provide insects with nutrients and essential elements, detoxify plant defenses in
recently dead wood, and protect or, in contrast, attack and digest insects. Insects can affect …

Transmission is a crucial step in all pathogen life cycles. As such, certain species have
evolved complex traits that increase their chances to find and invade new hosts. Fungal …