Ecological impacts of fungal wood decay types: A review of current knowledge and future research directions

Fungal succession in decomposing woody debris across a tropical forest disturbance gradient

(2021) Gbadamassi G.O. Dossa et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Complementary Roles of Wood-Inhabiting Fungi and Bacteria Facilitate Deadwood Decomposition

(2021) Vojtěch Tláskal et al.   mSystems

Fungal Communities Are Important Determinants of Bacterial Community Composition in Deadwood

(2021) Iñaki Odriozola et al.   mSystems

Carbon fractions in the world’s dead wood

(2021) Adam R. Martin et al.   Nature Communications

Decay stages of wood and associated fungal communities characterise diversity–decomposition relationships

(2021) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Scientific Reports

Relative importance of climate, vegetation, and spatial factors in the community and functional composition of wood-inhabiting fungi in discontinuously distributed subalpine spruce forests

(2021) Yu Fukasawa et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Patterns of community composition and diversity in latent fungi of living Quercus serrata trunks across a range of oak wilt prevalence and climate variables in Japan

(2021) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Fungal Ecology

A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi

(2020) Nicky Lustenhouwer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fungal communities and their association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria affect early decomposition of Norway spruce deadwood

(2020) María Gómez-Brandón et al.   Scientific Reports

Changes in Carbon Sequestration in Wood During Decay by Brown- and White-Rot Fungi

(2020) Huadong Xu et al.   Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy

Primary determinants of communities in deadwood vary among taxa but are regionally consistent

(2020) Jörg Müller et al.   OIKOS

Using Wood Rot Phenotypes to Illuminate the “Gray” Among Decomposer Fungi

(2020) Jonathan S. Schilling et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A selective fungal transport organ (mycangium) maintains coarse phylogenetic congruence between fungus-farming ambrosia beetles and their symbionts

(2019) James Skelton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Consistent trade-offs in fungal trait expression across broad spatial scales

(2019) Daniel S. Maynard et al.   Nature Microbiology

Home-Field Advantage in Wood Decomposition Is Mainly Mediated by Fungal Community Shifts at “Home” Versus “Away”

(2019) Witoon Purahong et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Habitat preferences of Ceruchus chrysomelinus , an endangered relict beetle of the natural Central European montane forests

(2019) Josef Kašák et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

(2019) B. S. Steidinger et al.   NATURE

The whiff of decay: Linking volatile production and extracellular enzymes to outcomes of fungal interactions at different temperatures

(2019) Jade O'Leary et al.   Fungal Ecology

A global review of the ecological significance of symbiotic associations between birds and fungi

(2019) Todd F. Elliott et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

(2019) T. W. Crowther et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of forest dieback on wood decay, saproxylic communities, and spruce seedling regeneration on coarse woody debris

(2019) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Fungal Ecology

Relationships among wood‐boring beetles, fungi, and the decomposition of forest biomass

(2019) James Skelton et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Why does nitrogen addition to forest soils inhibit decomposition?

(2019) Mark TL. Bonner et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Climate influences the effect of fungal decay type on regeneration of Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis seedlings on decaying logs

(2019) Yu Fukasawa et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Microbial communities associated with decomposing deadwood of downy birch in a natural forest in Khibiny Mountains (Kola Peninsula, Russian Federation)

(2019) Roberta Pastorelli et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fungal control of early-stage bacterial community development in decomposing wood

(2019) Sarah R. Christofides et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fungal succession and decomposition of Pinus densiflora snags

(2018) Yu Fukasawa   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Pine stumps act as hotspots for seedling regeneration after pine dieback in a mixed natural forest dominated by Chamaecyparis obtusa

(2018) Yu Fukasawa   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

The effects of wood decay type on the growth of bryophyte gametophytes

(2018) Yu Fukasawa et al.   JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY

Temperature effects on hyphal growth of wood-decay basidiomycetes isolated from Pinus densiflora deadwood

(2018) Yu Fukasawa   MYCOSCIENCE

Foraging association between myxomycetes and fungal communities on coarse woody debris

(2018) Yu Fukasawa et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evolutionary dynamics of host specialization in wood-decay fungi

(2018) Franz-Sebastian Krah et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Exclusion of invertebrates influences saprotrophic fungal community and wood decay rate in an experimental field study

(2018) Rannveig M. Jacobsen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does typhoon disturbance in subalpine forest have long-lasting impacts on saproxylic fungi, bryophytes, and seedling regeneration on coarse woody debris?

(2018) Yu Fukasawa et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Ecological and functional effects of fungal endophytes on wood decomposition

(2017) Lauren C. Cline et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

How does the richness of wood-decaying fungi relate to wood microclimate?

(2017) Václav Pouska et al.   Fungal Ecology

Nutrient mobilization by plasmodium of myxomycete Physarum rigidum in deadwood

(2017) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Fungal Ecology

The Red-belted Bracket ( Fomitopsis pinicola ) colonizes spruce trees early after bark beetle attack and persists

(2017) Sebastian Vogel et al.   Fungal Ecology

Comparison of fungal communities associated with spruce seedling roots and bryophyte carpets on logs in an old-growth subalpine coniferous forest in Japan

(2017) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Fungal Ecology

Molecular evidence strongly supports deadwood-inhabiting fungi exhibiting unexpected tree species preferences in temperate forests

(2017) Witoon Purahong et al.   ISME Journal

Regeneration of Cryptomeria japonica seedlings on pine logs in a forest damaged by pine wilt disease: effects of wood decomposer fungi on seedling survival and growth

(2017) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Journal of Forest Research

Interactive effects of climate change and fungal communities on wood-derived carbon in forest soils

(2017) Samantha L. Mosier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influence of bark pH on the occurrence and distribution of tree canopy myxomycete species

(2017) Sydney E. Everhart et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Spatial Heterogeneity of SOM Concentrations Associated with White-rot Versus Brown-rot Wood Decay

(2017) Zhen Bai et al.   Scientific Reports

Interactive effects of wood decomposer fungal activities and bryophytes on spruce seedling regeneration on coarse woody debris

(2016) Yoko Ando et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Fungal communities in Norway spruce stumps along a latitudinal gradient in Sweden

(2016) Ariana Kubart et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fungal endophytes as priority colonizers initiating wood decomposition

(2016) Zewei Song et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The relation of fungal communities to wood microclimate in a mountain spruce forest

(2016) Václav Pouska et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fungi associated with decomposing deadwood in a natural beech-dominated forest

(2016) Petr Baldrian et al.   Fungal Ecology

Regeneration processes on coarse woody debris in mixed forests: do tree germinants and seedlings have species-specific responses when grown on coarse woody debris?

(2016) Olga Orman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Localizing gene regulation reveals a staggered wood decay mechanism for the brown rot fungusPostia placenta

(2016) Jiwei Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental evidence of a symbiosis between red-cockaded woodpeckers and fungi

(2016) Michelle A. Jusino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seedling regeneration on decayed pine logs after the deforestation events caused by pine wilt disease

(2016) Y. Fukasawa   Annals of Forest Research

Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life

(2015) Simon M Cragg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Neglected role of fungal community composition in explaining variation in wood decay rates

(2015) A. van der Wal et al.   ECOLOGY

The geographical gradient of pine log decomposition in Japan

(2015) Yu Fukasawa   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Habitat models of wood-inhabiting fungi along a decay gradient of Norway spruce logs

(2015) Tiina Rajala et al.   Fungal Ecology

Communities of wood-inhabiting fungi in dead pine logs along a geographical gradient in Japan

(2015) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fungal wood decomposer activities influence community structures of myxomycetes and bryophytes on coarse woody debris

(2015) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Fungal Ecology

Priority effects during fungal community establishment in beech wood

(2015) Jennifer Hiscox et al.   ISME Journal

Fungal Traits That Drive Ecosystem Dynamics on Land

(2015) Kathleen K. Treseder et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Signature Wood Modifications Reveal Decomposer Community History

(2015) Jonathan S. Schilling et al.   PLoS One

Wood decomposition as influenced by invertebrates

(2014) Michael D. Ulyshen   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Species associations during the succession of wood-inhabiting fungal communities

(2014) Elisabet Ottosson et al.   Fungal Ecology

Bark beetles have a decisive impact on fungal communities in Norway spruce stem sections

(2014) Ylva Strid et al.   Fungal Ecology

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

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Network Analysis Reveals Ecological Links between N-Fixing Bacteria and Wood-Decaying Fungi

(2014) Björn Hoppe et al.   PLoS One

The Impact of Moss Species and Biomass on the Growth of Pinus sylvestris Tree Seedlings at Different Precipitation Frequencies

(2014) Babs Stuiver et al.   Forests

Properties of stumps that promote the growth and survival of Japanese cedar saplings in a natural old-growth forest

(2012) Takayuki Ota et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Fungal community dynamics in relation to substrate quality of decaying Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) logs in boreal forests

(2012) Tiina Rajala et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Relationship between wood-inhabiting fungi and Reticulitermes spp. in four forest habitats of northeastern Mississippi

(2012) Grant T. Kirker et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Functional and ecological consequences of saprotrophic fungus–grazer interactions

(2012) Thomas W Crowther et al.   ISME Journal

Schizophyllum commune as a Ubiquitous Plant Parasite

(2012) Shuhei TAKEMOTO et al.   JARQ-JAPAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY

Patterns of fungal communities among and within decaying logs, revealed by 454 sequencing

(2012) A. Kubartová et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

(2012) D. Floudas et al.   SCIENCE

Fungal decomposition of woody debris of Castanopsis sieboldii in a subtropical old-growth forest

(2011) Yu Fukasawa et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Do assembly history effects attenuate from species to ecosystem properties? A field test with wood-inhabiting fungi

(2011) Ian A. Dickie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Down wood and biodiversity — implications to forest practices

(2011) Fred L. Bunnell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Effects of wood decomposer fungi on tree seedling establishment on coarse woody debris

(2011) Yu Fukasawa   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Natural regeneration in Central-European subalpine spruce forests: Which logs are suitable for seedling recruitment?

(2011) Radek Bače et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Do bark beetles facilitate the establishment of rot fungi in Norway spruce?

(2011) Ylva Persson et al.   Fungal Ecology

Initial fungal colonizer affects mass loss and fungal community development in Picea abies logs 6yr after inoculation

(2011) Daniel L. Lindner et al.   Fungal Ecology

RNA reveals a succession of active fungi during the decay of Norway spruce logs

(2011) Tiina Rajala et al.   Fungal Ecology

Wood decomposing abilities of diverse lignicolous fungi on nondecayed and decayed beech wood

(2011) Yu Fukasawa et al.   MYCOLOGIA

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Myxomycetes in soil

(2011) Steven L. Stephenson et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Beech log decomposition by wood-inhabiting fungi in a cool temperate forest floor: a quantitative analysis focused on the decay activity of a dominant basidiomycete Omphalotus guepiniformis

(2010) Yu Fukasawa et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities

(2010) Tadashi Fukami et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Do all trees carry the seeds of their own destruction? PCR reveals numerous wood decay fungi latently present in sapwood of a wide range of angiosperm trees

(2010) David Parfitt et al.   Fungal Ecology

Microfungus communities of Japanese beech logs at different stages of decay in a cool temperate deciduous forest

(2009) Yu Fukasawa et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of attack of saprobic fungi on twig litter decomposition by endophytic fungi

(2009) Yu Fukasawa et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Impact of white-rot fungi on numbers and community composition of bacteria colonizing beech wood from forest soil

(2009) Larissa B. Folman et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

(2009) WILLIAM K. CORNWELL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evaluation of suitable conditions for natural regeneration of Picea jezoensis on fallen logs

(2009) Hayato Iijima et al.   Journal of Forest Research

Importance of nurse logs as a substrate for the regeneration of pioneer tree species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

(2009) Evelyn Sanchez et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Ophiostomatoid fungi isolated from Japanese red pine and their relationships with bark beetles

(2009) Hayato Masuya et al.   MYCOSCIENCE

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and their enzymes in soils: is there enough evidence for their role as facultative soil saprotrophs?

(2009) Petr Baldrian   OECOLOGIA

Forest microsite effects on community composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi on seedlings of Picea abies and Betula pendula

(2008) Leho Tedersoo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Decomposers in disguise: mycorrhizal fungi as regulators of soil C dynamics in ecosystems under global change

(2008) J. M. Talbot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Dynamics of physicochemical properties and occurrence of fungal fruit bodies during decomposition of coarse woody debris of Fagus crenata

(2008) Yu Fukasawa et al.   Journal of Forest Research

Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change

(2008) W. A. Kurz et al.   NATURE