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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	67
Fungal ecology at treelines	29
Effects of fungicide application on the foliar endophytic fungi of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	28
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	23
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	17
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	17
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	17
Editorial board	16
Editorial board	16
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	14
Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	14
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	13
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	13
Ratio-dependent functional response of two common Cladocera present in farmland ponds to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	13
Carbon allocation shifts during fungal mycelial competition under the heat stress	12
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	11
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	11
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	11
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	10
Crown closure affects endophytic leaf mycobiome compositional dynamics over time in Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii	10
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	10
Environmental heterogeneity and soil properties influence fungal communities in Amazonian ferruginous fields	10
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	10
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	10
Specific network and phylosymbiosis pattern in endophyte community of coastal halophytes	9

Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	9
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	9
Editorial board	9
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	9
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	9
The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	9
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	9
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	9
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	8
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	8
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	8
Host-specificity of moss-associated fungal communities in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by amplicon pyrosequencing	7
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	7
Six years later: Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities recovering after the end of long-term nitrogen and sulfur addition in a mixed-species temperate North American forest	7
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	7
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	7
Editorial board	7
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	7
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	7
Editorial Board	7
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	7
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	7
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	7
The balance between accumulation and loss of soil organic matter in subarctic forest is related to ratios of saprotrophic, ecto- and ericoid mycorrhizal fungal guilds	7
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	7
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	7
Editorial board	6
Enhancing repository fungal data for biogeographic analyses	6
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	6
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	6
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	6
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	6
Soil microbial and chemical responses to foliar Epichloë fungal infection in Lolium perenne, Hordeum brevisubulatum and Achnatherum inebrians	6
Oomycetes associated with Prunus serotina persist in soil after tree harvest	6
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	6
Editorial board	6
Spatiotemporal distribution and dynamic changes of myxomycetes in subtropical forests of China	6
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	6
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	5
Flow-network adaptation and behavior in slime molds	5
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	5
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	5
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert	5
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	5
Insights into the functional role of fungi in deep-sea hydrothermal vents through the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur	5
Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	5
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	5
Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows	5
Editorial Board	5
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	5

Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	5
Mr. Toad's wild fungi: Fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition	5
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	5
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	5
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	5
The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	5
Fungus-insect symbiosis: Diversity and negative ecological role of the hypocrealean fungus Trichoderma harzianum in colonies of neotropical termites (Blattodea: Termitidae)	4
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	4
The role and fate of patulin in apple-associated fungal-fungal interactions	4
Editorial Board	4
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	4
Editorial Board	4
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	4
Intraspecific interactions among wood-decay fungi alter decay rates and dynamics of interspecific interactions	4
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	4
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	4
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	4
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	4
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	4
Editorial Board	4
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	4
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	3
Ectomycorrhizal root tips harbor distinctive fungal associates along a soil nitrogen gradient	3
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	3
Tracing the spatial extent and lag time of carbon transfer from Picea abies to ectomycorrhizal fungi differing in host type, taxonomy, or hyphal development	3
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	3
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	3
Root contact dominates vegetative transmission of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata species complex (PAC)	3
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	3
An exploratory study of species richness and dynamics in the cultivable mycobiota of Palmaria palmata	3
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	3
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	3
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	3
Diversity and host recurrence of fungi associated with the bleached leaf litter in a subtropical forest	3
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	3
Not always optimal: Fungal fruiting triggers indicate climate sensitivity in cooler regions	3
Co-dispersal of symbionts in the lichen Cladonia stellaris inferred from genomic data	3
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	3
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	3
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	3
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	3
Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria	3