Structural plasticity in root-fungal symbioses: diverse interactions lead to improved plant fitness

From rhizoids to roots? Experimental evidence of mutualism between liverworts and ascomycete fungi

(2018) Jill Kowal et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A mycorrhizal revolution

(2018) Grace A Hoysted et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Is Tuber melanosporum colonizing the roots of herbaceous, non-ectomycorrhizal plants?

(2018) Laure Schneider-Maunoury et al.   Fungal Ecology

Time to re-think fungal ecology? Fungal ecological niches are often prejudged

(2018) Marc-André Selosse et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics depict ericoid mycorrhizal fungi as versatile saprotrophs and plant mutualists

(2018) Elena Martino et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity

(2018) Mark C. Brundrett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Recent Insights on Biological and Ecological Aspects of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Their Interactions

(2018) Antonietta Mello et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Symbiosome: Legume and Rhizobia Co-evolution toward a Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle?

(2018) Teodoro Coba de la Peña et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi

(2018) Sietse van der Linde et al.   NATURE

A plant growth-promoting symbiosis between Mycena galopus and Vaccinium corymbosum seedlings

(2017) Gwen-Aëlle Grelet et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Interactions of saprotrophic fungi with tree roots: can we observe the emergence of novel ectomycorrhizal fungi?

(2017) Petr Baldrian et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Growing evidence for facultative biotrophy in saprotrophic fungi: data from microcosm tests with 201 species of wood-decay basidiomycetes

(2017) Gabriel R. Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root-associated fungal microbiota of nonmycorrhizalArabis alpinaand its contribution to plant phosphorus nutrition

(2017) Juliana Almario et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

(2017) Andreas Keymer et al.   eLife

Root Endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae Confers Plant Fitness Benefits that Are Phosphate Status Dependent

(2016) Kei Hiruma et al.   CELL

Dissecting endophytic lifestyle along the parasitism/mutualism continuum in Arabidopsis

(2016) Philipp H Fesel et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Isolating a functionally relevant guild of fungi from the root microbiome of Populus

(2016) Gregory Bonito et al.   Fungal Ecology

Influence of phylogenetic conservatism and trait convergence on the interactions between fungal root endophytes and plants

(2016) Sevda Haghi Kia et al.   ISME Journal

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

(2016) Joseph W. Spatafora et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Sensitivity of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) to phosphate, phosphite, and arsenate pulses as influenced by fungal symbiotic associations

(2016) Khalil Kariman et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Fine endophytes (Glomus tenue) are related to Mucoromycotina, not Glomeromycota

(2016) Suzanne Orchard et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Sebacinales - one thousand and one interactions with land plants

(2016) Michael Weiß et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The response of fine root endophyte (Glomus tenue) to waterlogging is dependent on host plant species and soil type

(2016) S. Orchard et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO2 fertilization effect

(2016) C. Terrer et al.   SCIENCE

Survival trade-offs in plant roots during colonization by closely related beneficial and pathogenic fungi

(2016) Stéphane Hacquard et al.   Nature Communications

The local environment determines the assembly of root endophytic fungi at a continental scale

(2015) Kyriaki Glynou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

(2015) Annegret Kohler et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mutualistic root endophytism is not associated with the reduction of saprotrophic traits and requires a noncompromised plant innate immunity

(2015) Urs Lahrmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phosphorus cycling in deciduous forest soil differs between stands dominated by ecto- and arbuscular mycorrhizal trees

(2015) Anna Rosling et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

(2015) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant compartment and biogeography affect microbiome composition in cultivated and native Agave species

(2015) Devin Coleman-Derr et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Potential of Dark Septate Endophytes to Form Root Symbioses with Ectomycorrhizal and Ericoid Mycorrhizal Middle European Forest Plants

(2015) Tereza Lukešová et al.   PLoS One

Broad compatibility in fungal root symbioses

(2014) Alga Zuccaro et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Is the prominent ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Rhizoscyphus ericae absent in the Southern Hemisphere’s Ericaceae? A case study on the diversity of root mycobionts in Gaultheria spp. from northwest Patagonia, Argentina

(2014) M. Clara Bruzone et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Tuber aestivum association with non-host roots

(2014) Milan Gryndler et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Ecto- and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis can induce tolerance to toxic pulses of phosphorus in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) seedlings

(2014) Khalil Kariman et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

Land-use intensity and host plant identity interactively shape communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of grassland plants

(2014) Kriszta Vályi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

First evidence of mutualism between ancient plant lineages (Haplomitriopsida liverworts) and Mucoromycotina fungi and its response to simulated Palaeozoic changes in atmospheric CO2

(2014) Katie J. Field et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Do closely related plants host similar arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities? A meta-analysis

(2014) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Diversity and Spatial Structure of Belowground Plant–Fungal Symbiosis in a Mixed Subtropical Forest of Ectomycorrhizal and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Plants

(2014) Hirokazu Toju et al.   PLoS One

Global diversity and geography of soil fungi

(2014) L. Tedersoo et al.   SCIENCE

Single Nucleus Genome Sequencing Reveals High Similarity among Nuclei of an Endomycorrhizal Fungus

(2014) Kui Lin et al.   PLoS Genetics

Variation in nutrient-acquisition patterns by mycorrhizal fungi of rare and common orchids explains diversification in a global biodiversity hotspot

(2013) Siti Nurfadilah et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Endophytic and mycorrhizal fungi associated with roots of endangered native orchids from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

(2013) Sabrina Feliciano Oliveira et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

(2013) Laurent Philippot et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A novel plant-fungus symbiosis benefits the host without forming mycorrhizal structures

(2013) Khalil Kariman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Multifactor Analysis of Fungal and Bacterial Community Structure in the Root Microbiome of Mature Populus deltoides Trees

(2013) Migun Shakya et al.   PLoS One

Host-related metabolic cues affect colonization strategies of a root endophyte

(2013) Urs Lahrmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How are plant and fungal communities linked to each other in belowground ecosystems? A massively parallel pyrosequencing analysis of the association specificity of root-associated fungi and their host plants

(2013) Hirokazu Toju et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Lineages of ectomycorrhizal fungi revisited: Foraging strategies and novel lineages revealed by sequences from belowground

(2013) Leho Tedersoo et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Dual mycorrhizal associations of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) in a nurse-pot system

(2012) Khalil Kariman et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Cellular programs for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2012) Maria J. Harrison   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture

(2012) MELISSA K. McCORMICK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Opprimo ergo sum—Evasion and Suppression in the Root Endophytic FungusPiriformospora indica

(2012) Urs Lahrmann et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Root endophyte interaction between ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Tricholoma matsutake and arbuscular mycorrhizal tree Cedrela odorata, allowing in vitro synthesis of rhizospheric “shiro”

(2012) Hitoshi Murata et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Novel Root-Fungus Symbiosis in Ericaceae: Sheathed Ericoid Mycorrhiza Formed by a Hitherto Undescribed Basidiomycete with Affinities to Trechisporales

(2012) Martin Vohník et al.   PLoS One

The Effects of Above- and Belowground Mutualisms on Orchid Speciation and Coexistence

(2011) Richard J. Waterman et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi

(2011) M. I. Bidartondo et al.   Biology Letters

Negative effects on survival and performance of Norway spruce seedlings colonized by dark septate root endophytes are primarily isolate-dependent

(2011) Christoph Tellenbach et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A novel plant–fungal mutualism associated with fire

(2011) Melissa Baynes et al.   Fungal Biology

A meta-analysis of plant responses to dark septate root endophytes

(2011) K. K. Newsham   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Plant Phosphorus Nutrition: Interactions between Pathways of Phosphorus Uptake in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Roots Have Important Implications for Understanding and Manipulating Plant Phosphorus Acquisition

(2011) S. E. Smith et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Sebacinales Everywhere: Previously Overlooked Ubiquitous Fungal Endophytes

(2011) Michael Weiß et al.   PLoS One

Archaeorhizomycetes: Unearthing an Ancient Class of Ubiquitous Soil Fungi

(2011) A. Rosling et al.   SCIENCE

Endophytic Life Strategies Decoded by Genome and Transcriptome Analyses of the Mutualistic Root Symbiont Piriformospora indica

(2011) Alga Zuccaro et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Isotopic and molecular evidence for saprotrophic Marasmiaceae mycobionts in rhizomes of Gastrodia sesamoides

(2010) John D.W. Dearnaley et al.   Fungal Ecology

Disruption of root carbon transport into forest humus stimulates fungal opportunists at the expense of mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Björn D Lindahl et al.   ISME Journal

A Phosphate Transporter from the Root Endophytic FungusPiriformospora indicaPlays a Role in Phosphate Transport to the Host Plant

(2010) Vikas Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis

(2010) Francis Martin et al.   NATURE

Identification of two conserved cis-acting elements, MYCS and P1BS, involved in the regulation of mycorrhiza-activated phosphate transporters in eudicot species

(2010) Aiqun Chen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nitrogen alters carbon dynamics during early succession in boreal forest

(2010) Steven D. Allison et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The role of ectomycorrhizal communities in forest ecosystem processes: New perspectives and emerging concepts

(2010) Pierre-Emmanuel Courty et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

(2010) James D. Bever et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages

(2009) Leho Tedersoo et al.   MYCORRHIZA

More than a carbon economy: nutrient trade and ecological sustainability in facultative arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

(2009) F. Andrew Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Independent recruitment of saprotrophic fungi as mycorrhizal partners by tropical achlorophyllous orchids

(2009) Florent Martos et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Large-scale parallel 454 sequencing reveals host ecological group specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreonemoral forest

(2009) M. Öpik et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fungal endophytes: diversity and functional roles

(2009) R. J. Rodriguez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal associations and other means of nutrition of vascular plants: understanding the global diversity of host plants by resolving conflicting information and developing reliable means of diagnosis

(2009) Mark C. Brundrett   PLANT AND SOIL

Do Sebacinales commonly associate with plant roots as endophytes?

(2009) Marc-André Selosse et al.  

High mycorrhizal specificity in a widespread mycoheterotrophic plant, Eulophia zollingeri (Orchidaceae)

(2008) Yuki Ogura-Tsujita et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Re-creation of heathland on improved pasture using top soil removal and sulphur amendments: Edaphic drivers and impacts on ericoid mycorrhizas

(2008) Anita Diaz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mycorrhizas and dark septate root endophytes in polar regions

(2008) K.K. Newsham et al.   Fungal Ecology

Ecological aspects of mycorrhizal symbiosis: with special emphasis on the functional diversity of interactions involving the extraradical mycelium

(2008) R. D. Finlay   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2008) F. Martin et al.   NATURE

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and the biotrophy–saprotrophy continuum

(2008) Roger T. Koide et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Orchid mycorrhiza: implications of a mycophagous life style

(2008) Hanne N. Rasmussen et al.   OIKOS

Evidence for novel and specialized mycorrhizal parasitism: the orchid Gastrodia confusa gains carbon from saprotrophic Mycena

(2008) Y. Ogura-Tsujita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES