Several decades of research across disciplines have overturned historical perspectives of
symbioses dominated by binary characterizations of highly specific species–species …

Community ecology has experienced a major transition, from a focus on patterns in
taxonomic composition, to revealing the processes underlying community assembly through …

A review of algal (including cyanobacterial) symbionts associated with lichen-forming fungi
is presented. General aspects of their biology relevant to lichen symbioses are summarized …

The popular dual definition of lichen symbiosis is under question with recent findings of
additional microbial partners living within the lichen body. Here we compare the distribution …

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

An understanding of how biotic interactions shape species' distributions is central to
predicting host–symbiont responses under climate change. Switches to locally adapted …

Lichens provide valuable systems for studying symbiotic interactions. In lichens, these
interactions are frequently described in terms of availability, selectivity and specificity of the …

The current literature reveals that the intrathalline coexistence of multiple microalgal taxa in
lichens is more common than previously thought, and additional complexity is supported by …

Holobionts are dynamic ecosystems that may respond to abiotic drivers with compositional
changes. Uncovering elevational diversity patterns within these microecosystems can further …

The diversity of lichen photobionts is not fully known. We studied here the diversity of the
photobionts associated with Cladonia, a sub-cosmopolitan genus ecologically important …