OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Fungal Ecology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal endophytes for biocontrol of ash dieback: The antagonistic potential of Hypoxylon rubiginosum	47
Endophyte inoculation enhances Ulmus minor resistance to Dutch elm disease	31
Can fungal endophytes fast-track plant adaptations to climate change?	29
Biogeography of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore traits along an aridity gradient, and responses to experimental rainfall manipulation	23
Drivers of total and pathogenic soil-borne fungal communities in grassland plant species	23
Exchangeable cations and pH drive diversity and functionality of fungal communities in biological soil crusts from coastal sites of Victoria Land, Antarctica	22
Biotic and abiotic determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	22
Long-term decomposition of litter in the montane forest and the definition of fungal traits in the successional space	22
Effect of invasive Hovenia dulcis on microbial decomposition and diversity of hyphomycetes in Atlantic forest streams	20
On interactions, associations, mycetangia, mutualists and symbiotes in insect-fungus symbioses	19
Nest microbiota and pathogen abundance in sea turtle hatcheries	19
Characterising the soil fungal microbiome in metropolitan green spaces across a vegetation biodiversity gradient	19
Mat-forming lichens affect microclimate and litter decomposition by different mechanisms	18
Morphological and molecular characterization, predatory behaviour and effect of organic extracts of four nematophagous fungi from Mexico	18
Rhizosphere fungi actively assimilating plant-derived carbon in a grassland soil	18
The vectoring of Starmerella species and other yeasts by stingless bees in a Neotropical savanna	17
Symbiotic niche mapping reveals functional specialization by two ectomycorrhizal fungi that expands the host plant niche	16
Virulence traits within a community of the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria: Associations with abundance and distribution	16
Endophytic fungus improves peanut drought resistance by reassembling the root-dwelling community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	15
The entomophagous caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis is consumed by its lepidopteran host as a plant endophyte	15
Melanic pigments and canopy-specific elemental concentration shape growth rates of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in unmanaged mixed forest	15
Diversity and ecology of culturable marine fungi associated with Posidonia oceanica leaves and their epiphytic algae Dictyota dichotoma and Sphaerococcus coronopifolius	15
Rapid changes in the chemical composition of degrading ectomycorrhizal fungal necromass	15
Ten principles for conservation translocations of threatened wood-inhabiting fungi	15
Stand age affects fungal community composition in a Central European temperate forest	15

Do shared traits create the same fates? Examining the link between morphological type and the biogeography of fungal and bacterial communities	15
Saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi exhibit contrasting richness patterns along elevational gradients in cool-temperate montane forests	15
Fairy rings harbor distinct soil fungal communities and high fungal diversity in a montane grassland	14
Does water availability influence the abundance of species of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata complex (PAC) in roots of pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens) and Scots pine (Pinus syl	14
Thermal response and horizontal transmission of cameroonian isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae – Candidates for microbial controls of the banana root	14
Fungal symbionts of bark and ambrosia beetles can suppress decomposition of pine sapwood by competing with wood-decay fungi	14
Grapevine pruning time affects natural wound colonization by wood-invading fungi	14
Plant-fungal interactions in hybrid zones: Ectomycorrhizal communities of willows (Salix) in an alpine glacier forefield	13
Plant growth drives soil nitrogen cycling and N-related microbial activity through changing root traits	13
Root endophytic fungi impact host plant biomass and respond to plant composition at varying spatio-temporal scales	12
Fungal diversity and functionality are driven by soil texture in Taylor Valley, Antarctica	12
Non-forested vs forest environments: The effect of habitat conditions on host tree parameters and the occurrence of associated epiphytic lichens	12
Ectomycorrhizal fungi of exotic Carya ovata in the context of surrounding native forests on Central European sites	12
High diversity and low host-specificity of Termitomyces symbionts cultivated by Microtermes spp. indicate frequent symbiont exchange	12
Spatial and temporal dynamics of the fungal community of chestnut blight cankers on American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in Michigan and Wisconsin	12
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	12
Morphological traits predict host-tree specialization in wood-inhabiting fungal communities	12
Inoculum volume effects on competitive outcome and wood decay rate of brown- and white-rot basidiomycetes	11
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	11
High diversity and multiple invasions to North America by fungi grown by the northern-most Trachymyrmex and Mycetomoellerius ant species	11
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	11
Fungal spore diversity, community structure, and traits across a vegetation mosaic	11
Isotopic and compositional evidence for carbon and nitrogen dynamics during wood decomposition by saprotrophic fungi	11
Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments	11
Can orchid mycorrhizal fungi be persistently harbored by the plant host?	10
Diverse fungal communities associated with the roots of isoetid plants are structured by host plant identity	10
Elevated air temperature shifts the interactions between plants and endophytic fungal entomopathogens in an agroecosystem	10
Sexual reproduction and saprotrophic dominance by the ambrosial fungus Flavodon subulatus (= Flavodon ambrosius)	10
Modelling range dynamics of terricolous lichens of the genus Peltigera in the Alps under a climate change scenario	9
Epichloë endophytes of a wild grass promote mycorrhizal colonization of neighbor grasses	9
Fairy rings, associated fungi, and assessment of their distribution across environmental variables using GIS	8
Finding fungal ecological strategies: Is recycling an option?	8
Successional development of wood-inhabiting fungi associated with dominant tree species in a natural temperate floodplain forest	8
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	8
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	8
The emergence of trait-based approaches in fungal ecology	8
Dynamics of in situ growth and taxonomic structure of fungal communities in Alpine supraglacial debris	7
An agent-based model of the foraging ascomycete hypothesis	7
Mycobiota of Eucommia ulmoides bark: Diversity, rare biosphere and core taxa	7
Plant community and soil available nutrients drive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during alpine meadow degradation	7
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	7
A double-edged sword: Amylostereum areolatum odors attract both Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and its parasitoid, Ibalia leucospoides	7
Variation and plasticity in Epichloë alkaloid content of Festuca rubra across Europe	7
Inside Pandora's box: Development of the lethal myrmecopathogenic fungus Pandora formicae within its ant host	7
Just how big is intraspecific trait variation in basidiomycete wood fungal fruit bodies?	7
Canopy throughfall links canopy epiphytes to terrestrial vegetation in pristine conifer forests	7
Associations between fungal root endophytes and grass dominance in arid highlands	7
Interactions between pinewood nematodes and the fungal community of pine trees	7
Using genome resequencing to investigate racial structure, genetic diversity, sexual reproduction and hybridisation in the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum	7
Growth rates and thallus loss in hair lichens along small-scale Picea abies-canopy gradients	6

Restoration of the mycobiome of the endangered Hawaiian mint Phyllostegia kaalaensis increases its resistance to a common powdery mildew	6
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	6
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	6
In vitro study of volatile organic compounds produced by the mutualistic fungus of leaf-cutter ants and the antagonist Escovopsis	6
Lack of fungal cultivar fidelity and low virulence of Escovopsis trichodermoides	6
The influence of migratory Paraburkholderia on growth and competition of wood-decay fungi	6
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can disperse in the absence of their known vectors	6
Depauperate soil fungal populations from the St. Helena endemic Commidendrum robustum are dominated by Capnodiales	6
Relationship and genetic structure among autoecious and heteroecious populations of Cronartium pini in northern Fennoscandia	6
Diversity, community composition, and bioactivity of cultivable fungal endophytes in saline and dry soils in deserts	6
Native and non-native mammals disperse exotic ectomycorrhizal fungi at long distances from pine plantations	6
Relationships between macro-fungal dark diversity and habitat parameters using LiDAR	6
Besides stem canker severity, oilseed rape host genotype matters for the production of Leptosphaeria maculans fruit bodies	6
Species-specific trade-offs between regrowth and mycorrhizas in the face of defoliation and phosphorus addition	6
Endophytic fungal community succession in reproductive organs of two olive tree cultivars with contrasting anthracnose susceptibilities	6
Z-3-Hexenylacetate emissions induced by the endophyte Epichloë occultans at different levels of defoliation during the host plant's life cycle	6
Plant pathogenic fungi are harbored as endophytes in Rhododendron spp. native to the Eastern U.S.A.	6
Community and neighbourhood tree species richness effects on fungal species in leaf litter	6
Culturable root endophyte communities are shaped by both warming and plant host identity in the Rocky Mountains, USA	5
Endophytic Fusarium spp. affect yield, but can they be a solution for Botrytis control in vineyard production?	5
Root-associated community composition and co-occurrence patterns of fungi in wild grapevine	5
Exploring the relationships between ecology and species traits in cyanolichens: A case study on Italy	5
Diversity of foliar endophytes in a dioecious wild grass and their interaction with the systemic Epichloë	5
Can seed-borne endophytes promote grass invasion by reducing host dependence on mycorrhizas?	5
Distribution and ecological traits of a rare and threatened fungus Hericium flagellum in Poland with the prediction of its potential occurrence in Europe	5
Natural populations of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana in Chinese forest ecosystems are diverse and reveal equal frequencies of mating types within phylogenetic species	5
Host phylogeny is the primary determinant of ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition in the permafrost ecosystem of eastern Siberia at a regional scale	5
Ratio-dependent functional response of two common Cladocera present in farmland ponds to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	5
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	5
Ectomycorrhizal root tips harbor distinctive fungal associates along a soil nitrogen gradient	5
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	5
Spatial and temporal differences in the community structure of endophytic fungi in the carnivorous plant Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae)	5
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	5
Seagrasses, seaweeds and plant debris: An extraordinary reservoir of fungal diversity in the Mediterranean Sea	5
Resolving host and species boundaries for perithecia-producing nectriaceous fungi across the central Appalachian Mountains	5
Studies on the biogeography of Phellinotus piptadeniae (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): Expanding the knowledge on its distribution and clarifying hosts relationships	4
Where do nivicolous myxomycetes occur? – Modeling the potential worldwide distribution of Physarum albescens	4
Biodiversity of mycoplankton in the profile of eutrophic lakes with varying water quality	4
Enhancing repository fungal data for biogeographic analyses	4
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	4
Fungal communities associated with acorn woodpeckers and their excavations	4
Cryptococcus neoformans species complex isolates living in a tree micro-ecosystem	4
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert	4
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	4
Fire and local factors shape ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Pinus ponderosa in mountains of the Madrean Sky Island Archipelago	4
Human-associated migration of Holarctic Saccharomyces uvarum strains to Patagonia	4
Pathogen life-cycle leaves footprint on the spatial distribution of recruitment of their host plants	4
Food preferences of Collembola for myxomycete plasmodia and plasmodium responses in the presence of Collembola	4
Genetic admixture increases phenotypic diversity in the nectar yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii	4
Wood-inhabiting fungal communities: Opportunities for integration of empirical and theoretical community ecology	4
Spatiotemporal distribution and dynamic changes of myxomycetes in subtropical forests of China	4
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	4
Epichloë endophyte affects the root colonization pattern of belowground symbionts in a wild grass	4
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	4
Leptographium terebrantis inoculation and associated crown symptoms and tree mortality in Pinus taeda	4
The cooler the better: Increased aquatic hyphomycete diversity in subtropical streams along a neotropical latitudinal gradient	4
Linking wood-decay fungal communities to decay rates: Using a long-term experimental manipulation of deadwood and canopy gaps	3
Response of fungal endophyte communities within Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem) to nutrient addition and herbivore exclusion	3
Fungal communities associated with roots of two closely related Juglandaceae species with a disjunct distribution in the tropics	3
Carbon allocation mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alters the soil microbial community under various phosphorus levels	3
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	3
Soil fungal communities are compositionally resistant to drought manipulations – Evidence from culture-dependent and culture-independent analyses	3
Analysis of digitized herbarium records and community science observations provides a glimpse of downy mildew species diversity of North America, reveals potentially undescribed species, and documents	3
Host-specificity of moss-associated fungal communities in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by amplicon pyrosequencing	3
Highly transferable microsatellite markers for the genera Lasiodiplodia and Neofusicoccum	3
Land-cover and climate factors contribute to the prevalence of the ectoparasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in its invasive ant host Lasius neglectus	3
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	3
Seasonal disconnects between saprobic and mycorrhizal sporocarp communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains	3
Secondary metabolites and nutrients explain fungal community composition in aspen wood	3
In silico environmental sampling of emerging fungal pathogens via big data analysis	3
Citizen science data predict high potential for macrofungal refugia outside protected riparian areas	3
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance in elevation belts of the hyperarid Atacama Desert	3
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	3
Specific network and phylosymbiosis pattern in endophyte community of coastal halophytes	3
Soil microbial and chemical responses to foliar Epichloë fungal infection in Lolium perenne, Hordeum brevisubulatum and Achnatherum inebrians	3
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	3
Oomycetes associated with Prunus serotina persist in soil after tree harvest	3