Some people know about wild mushrooms and the extremely critical nature of correct fungus identification. Identifying tree fungus is critical, as well. While some fungi grow on trees without damaging them, several tree fungal types can cause destructive decay in tree trunks and limbs. In fact, un...
Journal of EcologyLiu L, Yu S, Xie ZP, Staehelin C (2016) Distance-dependent effects of pathogenic fungi on seedlings of a legume tree: impaired nodule formation and identification of antagonistic rhizosphere bacteria. J Ecol 104:1009-1019...
On the other hand, transitions to non-marine environments were significantly more likely than the reverse direction for fungi and cercozoans (about 21.5 and 7.2 times more likely, respectively). These trends in directionality were largely robust to variations in sampling efforts with the exception ...
The alternative DNA-based tools have been developed and increasingly used for identification of bacteria, protists and fungi since two decades ago. More recently, the massively parallel DNA metabarcoding technology has been adopted for large-scale community-level identifica- tion of fungi (Jumpponen ...
This suggests that prey organisms in conifer canopies predomi- nantly consume decaying material, microbes and fungi, while prey in beech stands mostly consume living leaves (Pollierer et al. 2023). However, the observed ∆13C patterns may also reflect different feeding strategies of tree ...
The majority of space in Cordley Hall is occupied by two departments, Integrative Biology and Botany and Plant Pathology, which combined study everything from bacteria to plants, fungi, and diverse animals. We considered the possibility of having a sequence that summarized all of the different ...
Causes: These pathogenic fungi can attack young seedlings above, below, or at the soil line. The disease is most active in wet, moist soils. Pine seedlings are susceptible to the disease for a short period and will outgrow their vulnerability. Wind, insects, and water can all carry the ...
Mycorrhizae–Mycorrhizae are beneficial fungi to trees. Mycorrhizal fungi are naturally occurring fungi that prefer the soil in the forest. Mycorrhizae (my-ka-RY-zee) are not exactly a root, and they are not exactly a fungus; they fall halfway between. They areimportant because they form a ...
Trees interact with a multitude of microbes through their roots and root symbionts such as mycorrhizal fungi and root endophytes. Here, we explore the role of fungal root symbionts as predictors of the soil and root-associated microbiomes of widespread broad-leaved trees across a European latitudina...
International trade in plants and climate change are two of the main factors causing damaging tree pests (i.e. fungi and insects) to spread into new areas. To mitigate these risks, a large-scale assessment of tree-associated fungi and insects is needed.