Article
Forestry
Demelash Alem, Tatek Dejene, Juan Andres Oria-de-Rueda, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: The study investigated the fungal diversity of three Dry Afromontane church forests, identifying potentially novel fungal species and highlighting the value of these forests in providing valuable non-timber forest products like mushrooms for local communities. The importance of conserving individual forests is emphasized, and the fungal communities are influenced by edaphic, spatial, and climate variables.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jozsef Geml, Anne Elizabeth Arnold, Tatiana A. Semenova-Nelsen, Eduardo R. Nouhra, Elisandro R. Drechsler-Santos, Aristoteles Goes-Neto, Luis N. Morgado, Peter Odor, Balazs Hegyi, Grau Oriol, Alicia Ibanez, Leho Tedersoo, Francois Lutzoni
Summary: Mountains provide an ideal setting to study the mechanisms underlying species distributions and community assembly. This study compared the composition and diversity of fungal communities in soils along elevational gradients in different tropical mountain regions. The results showed that the richness and composition of soil fungal communities were influenced by environmental factors, particularly temperature and soil pH. The distribution of host plants also played a role in driving richness and community composition, especially for fungi that depend on symbiosis with plants. The study suggests that tropical montane forest fungi will be sensitive to climate change, leading to shifts in composition and functionality over time.
Article
Microbiology
Jorgen Skyrud Danielsen, Luis Morgado, Sunil Mundra, Line Nybakken, Marie Davey, Havard Kauserud
Summary: This study found that establishing plantations of Norway spruce in a landscape dominated by native birch forests in western Norway significantly impacts soil properties and belowground fungal communities, leading to a decrease in fungal diversity but an increase in biomass of ectomycorrhizal fungi.
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Inaki Odriozola, Diana Navratilova, Petra Tlaskalova, Tereza Klinerova, Zita Cervenkova, Petr Kohout, Tomas Vetrovsky, Pavla Cizkova, Martin Stary, Petr Baldrian
Summary: Our study found that fungal biomass and community composition were vertically stratified in the study area. Vegetation was a key predictor of fungal community composition across all ecological guilds of fungi and habitats. Additionally, pH and climatic factors also played significant roles in predicting fungal community composition and biomass.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Elisabeth Raehn, Leho Tedersoo, Kalev Adamson, Tiia Drenkhan, Ivar Sibul, Reimo Lutter, Sten Anslan, Karin Pritsch, Rein Drenkhan
Summary: Clear-cutting is the main forest management method in boreal and hemiboreal forests. The implementation of clear-cutting has raised concerns due to its effects on biodiversity, including soil fungal biota. This study aimed to assess the factors affecting fungal assemblages and changes in soil fungal diversity after clear-cutting in spruce and pine stands. The results showed that soil fungal communities were affected immediately after clear-cutting, but recovered within one year. The relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi declined, while saprotrophs and pathogens increased.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Daniela Costa, Telma Fernandes, Fatima Martins, Jose A. Pereira, Rui M. Tavares, Pedro M. Santos, Paula Baptista, Teresa Lino-Neto
Summary: This study revealed the fungal endophytic community of the phyllosphere of different olive tree cultivars, identified new endophytes, and showed that different cultivars have distinct endophyte communities. These different endophytes may explain the varying susceptibility of olive cultivars to olive diseases.
MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Wen Zhao, Dan-Dan Wang, Kai-Chuan Huang, Shun Liu, Mumin Reyila, Yi-Fei Sun, Jun-Ning Li, Bao-Kai Cui
Summary: Soil fungi are crucial in forest ecosystems for energy flow, material circulation, and facilitating plant growth. In the greater Khingan Mountains, Larix gmelinii is the dominant tree species. Understanding underground fungi variations will help assess above-ground conditions of L. gmelinii. By analyzing soil samples collected in different seasons using high-throughput sequencing technology, we found significant seasonal changes in the structure of soil fungal communities in L. gmelinii forests. Ectomycorrhizal fungi dominated the functional guilds, with their abundance increasing from summer to autumn and being negatively correlated with temperature and precipitation.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Francesco Venice, Alfredo Vizzini, Arcangela Frascella, Giovanni Emiliani, Roberto Danti, Gianni Della Rocca, Antonietta Mello
Summary: This study examines the soil fungal communities in a chestnut stand affected by ink disease in Italy using metabarcoding. It finds that the reshaping of the microbial network is related to resilience towards ecological stressors, rather than pathogen presence or tree decline. Predicted interactions between fungi and soil parameters, as well as the potential disappearance of pathogen antagonists, may contribute to disease incidence.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Tobias Guldberg Froslev, Ida Broman Nielsen, Susana Silva Santos, Christopher James Barnes, Hans Henrik Bruun, Rasmus Ejrnaes
Summary: The study found that reducing tillage significantly affects the composition of soil communities, with richness weakly correlated to tillage and more influenced by sample collection location (center or edge). Although no-till soil communities show higher similarity to oldfields and semi-natural grasslands, their contribution to biodiversity conservation is negligible, suggesting that restoration on set aside land may have a greater impact on conservation.
Article
Microbiology
Benjamin Hofmann, Lukas Dreyling, Francesco Dal Grande, Juergen Otte, Imke Schmitt
Summary: Trees interact with fungi in various ways, and tree species and habitat type both play important roles in shaping fungal communities. This study found that soil communities were more diverse than bark communities, and both tree species identity and habitat type influenced fungal community composition. Network analysis showed that aboveground and belowground communities formed distinct subnetworks.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Andrew C. Eagar, Kurt A. Smemo, Richard P. Phillips, Christopher B. Blackwood
Summary: Dominant tree mycorrhizal associations with the environment play a significant role in shaping belowground microbial communities and nutrient cycling. The interaction between mycorrhizal types and site location explains more variation in fungal community composition, richness, and function than specific soil properties. The relative abundance of plant pathogens is particularly responsive to tree mycorrhizal dominance, with increased presence around arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) trees compared to ectomycorrhizal (ECM) trees.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jean C. Rodriguez-Ramos, Jonathan A. Cale, James F. Cahill, Suzanne W. Simard, Justine Karst, Nadir Erbilgin
Summary: Different disturbances in boreal forests have significant effects on soil fungal communities, particularly on ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The disruption of the forest floor with disturbances leads to shifts in fungal community composition and biomass.
Article
Ecology
Inaki Odriozola, Tijana Martinovic, Tereza Masinova, Barbara Doreen Bahnmann, Antonin Machac, Petr Sedlak, Michal Tomsovsky, Petr Baldrian
Summary: The composition and drivers of fungal communities in Czech Republic were studied, revealing that ectomycorrhizal fungi and saprotrophs are influenced by vegetation and dispersal at local scales, while yeasts show little distance decay and exhibit spatial homogeneity.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Zander R. Human, Martina Stursova, Sunil Mundra, Luis Morgado, Havard Kauserud, Petr Baldrian, Michael Bonkowski
Summary: Protists, especially bacterivores, play an essential role in the rhizosphere, and their interactions with bacteria and fungi affect plant productivity and soil nutrient cycles. The study found that the distribution of protists varied across different soil compartments, with the highest diversity in the bulk soil and the lowest in the roots. Different feeding modes of protists resulted in distinct distributions in the soil.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Flavien Maucourt, Aurelie Cebron, Helene Budzinski, Karyn Le Menach, Laurent Peluhet, Sonia Czarnes, Delphine Melayah, David Chapulliot, Laurent Vallon, Gael Plassart, Mylene Hugoni, Laurence Fraissinet-Tachet
Summary: This study investigated the microbial diversity from the three domains of life in a long-term contaminated brownfield. The results showed a significant increase in microbial abundance according to PCB concentrations in soil samples. Some bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria class and fungi affiliated with the Saccharomycetes class or Pleurotaceae family, known for their ability to transform PCBs, were abundantly found in highly polluted soil samples.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Adrienn Geiger, Zoltan Karacsony, Jozsef Geml, Kalman Zoltan Vaczy
Summary: This study examined the capability of Clonostachys rosea isolates as a biological control agent against grapevine trunk diseases pathogens. The results showed that C. rosea exhibited efficient antagonism against Eutypa lata and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, and mycoparasitic activity against Botryosphaeria dothidea and Diaporthespp. The isolate 19B/1 with high antagonistic capabilities and efficient conidia production was selected for in planta confrontation tests, which resulted in a significant decrease in necrotic lesions caused by E. lata and P. chlamydospora. Based on these findings, C. rosea is considered a promising biological control agent against grapevine trunk diseases.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pablo Martin-Pinto, Cristina Fernandez, Maria Santos, Teresa Fonturbel, Juan Andres Oria-de-Rueda, Aitor Vazquez-Veloso, Tim Stadler, Olaya Mediavilla, Ignacio Sanz-Benito
Summary: Mediterranean ecosystems are often invaded by pyrophytic scrubs such as Halimium lasianthum, which disrupt traditional livestock areas. These scrubs are associated with a diverse fungal community that plays a crucial ecological role. However, their uncontrolled expansion increases wildfire risk, necessitating fire-prevention treatments. This study investigates the long-term effects of prescribed burning and mechanical shredding on soil fungal communities in H. lasianthum-dominated scrubland, finding that these treatments do not negatively impact ectomycorrhizal fungi but do affect saprotrophs and lichenized fungi. Soil fertility and pH significantly influenced fungal distribution, with burning suggested as an economical fire risk reduction method with limited impact on fungal ecology.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Alba Magarzo, Ignacio Sanz-Benito, Olaya Mediavilla, Maria Hernandez-Rodriguez, Juan Andres Oria-de-Rueda, Tatek Dejene, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: Landscapes in the Mediterranean Basin consist of alternating oak forests and fields dominated by rockroses. Proper management of these ecosystems is important due to recurrent fires and the potential for fungal production. Our study assessed sporocarp production, diversity, and community composition to determine management practices that would enhance fungal diversity and productivity within a fire management framework.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pablo Martin-Pinto, Tatek Dejene, Gian Maria Niccolo Benucci, Olaya Mediavilla, Maria Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jozsef Geml, Petr Baldrian, Ignacio Sanz-Benito, Jaime Olaizola, Gregory Bonito, Juan Andres Oria-de-Rueda
Summary: This study investigates the effects of different fire prevention treatments and site history on the co-response and co-occurrence patterns of bacteria and fungi in a fire-risky scrubland ecosystem. The results show that site history, especially fire occurrence, strongly influences the microbial community. Young burnt areas have lower microbial diversity and a heat-resistant community, while young clearing history affects the fungal community.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ignacio Sanz-Benito, Tim Stadler, Olaya Mediavilla, Maria Hernandez-Rodriguez, Juan Andres Oria-de-Rueda, Tatek Dejene, Jozsef Geml, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: Oak forests accompanied by Cistus species are common in the Mediterranean basin. Cistus dominated fields act as recruitment areas for Quercus seedlings and facilitate fungal community transmission through vegetative succession. Our study found no differences in fungal richness between old Cistus stands and younger Quercus stands, suggesting a significant role of fungal transfer during the shift from Cistus to Oak stands. The genera Amanita, Cortinarius, Lactarius, Inocybe, Russula, and Tomentella were identified as potentially important in this transfer process.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juncal Espinosa, Tatek Dejene, Cristina Fernandez, Javier Madrigal, Cristina Aponte, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: Straw helimulching applied one month after a megafire in a high soil erosion risk area had a positive impact on soil fungal community composition. The application of straw mulch increased the richness of litter saprotrophs, plant pathogens, and wood saprotrophs. The fungal composition at the phylum level correlated with soil potassium content and marginally with pH and phosphorus content. The mulch promoted the dominance of saprotrophic functional groups and significantly altered the fungal composition according to guilds.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Alba Magarzo, Sonia Alba, Luis Santos del Blanco, Ivan Franco Manchon, Jaime Olaizola, Pablo Martin Pinto, Olaya Mediavilla
Summary: This study compares the efficiency of two different irrigation systems in a truffle plantation in Spain, and finds that there are no differences in terms of truffle yields, quality, and harvesting dates. However, considering economic and environmental factors, drip irrigation is deemed superior due to its higher water use efficiency.
Article
Microbiology
Buzayehu Desisa, Diriba Muleta, Tatek Dejene, Mulissa Jida, Abayneh Goshu, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: The aim of this study was to develop substrates using locally available agro-industrial by-products and animal manures to enhance the production of Shiitake mushrooms in Ethiopia. The results showed that substrate type significantly affected mushroom yield and biological efficiency, with the highest yield and biological efficiency obtained using chicken manure as the substrate.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gonfa Kewessa, Tatek Dejene, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: Wild edible mushrooms are recognized as an important component of forest management and rural development initiatives. Exploring valuable wild mushrooms in different forest systems can provide insight into fungal responses to environmental factors and improve decision making related to forest management.
SCIENTIFIC AFRICAN
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Sergio Diez-Hermano, Jorge Poveda, Jonatan Nino-Sanchez, Irene Teresa Bocos-Asenjo, Alvaro Peix, Pablo Martin-Pinto, Julio Javier Diez
Summary: Forests in the Mediterranean basin are declining due to climate change and anthropogenic impacts, making them vulnerable to drought, fire, pests, and diseases. The soil fungal community plays a key role in the health of these forests.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Juncal Espinosa, Tatek Dejene, Mercedes Guijarro, Xim Cerda, Javier Madrigal, Pablo Martin-Pinto
Summary: More than a decade of fire suppression has put Spain's National Parks at extreme risk of uncontrolled wildfires. Prescribed burning can mitigate the risk but may affect soil properties and nutrient availability. This study in Donana Biological Reserve found that prescribed burning had no significant effect on total fungal richness and abundance, but did impact fungal community composition through changes in soil pH and nutrient content.