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Papers

(The median citation count of Fungal Ecology is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal ecology at treelines	112
Editorial Board	30
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	27
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	24
Editorial Board	23
Effects of fungicide application on the foliar endophytic fungi of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	23
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	19
Functional diversity of dead wood promotes species-rich communities of fungi	19
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	19
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	18
Editorial board	17
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	15
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	15
Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	14
Bacterial-fungal interactions in soil ecosystems: From biocontrol and niche partitioning to biogeochemical impacts	14
Environmental regulation of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus apothecia development	14
Crown closure affects endophytic leaf mycobiome compositional dynamics over time in Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii	14
Carbon allocation shifts during fungal mycelial competition under the heat stress	14
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	13
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	13
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	13
Unbreakable: Bird's nest fungi tolerate extreme abiotic stresses	13
Environmental heterogeneity and soil properties influence fungal communities in Amazonian ferruginous fields	12
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	12
Endophytic fungal diversity within galls induced by Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and their surrounding host tissues (Borrichia frutescens and Iva frutescens)	11

The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	11
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	11
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	11
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	11
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	11
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	10
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	10
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	10
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	10
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	10
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	10
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	10
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	10
Editorial Board	10
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	9
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	9
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	9
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	9
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	8
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	8
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	8
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	8
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	8
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	8
Phenology of rust fungi (Pucciniales) during mild winters – high temporal flexibility of spore generations	8
Editorial board	8
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	8
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	8
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	8
Editorial board	7
Forest edge effects structure foliar fungal communities independent of host variation	7
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	7
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	7
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	7
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	7
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	7
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	6
Editorial Board	6
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	6
Editorial Board	6
Editorial Board	6
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	6
Editorial Board	6
Insights into the functional role of fungi in deep-sea hydrothermal vents through the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur	6
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	6
Mr. Toad's wild fungi: Fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition	6
Assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities changes from stochastic to deterministic during primary succession	6
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	6
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	6
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	6

The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	6
Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	6
Flow-network adaptation and behavior in slime molds	6
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	6
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	5
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	5
Fungus-insect symbiosis: Diversity and negative ecological role of the hypocrealean fungus Trichoderma harzianum in colonies of neotropical termites (Blattodea: Termitidae)	5
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	5
Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	5
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	5
Editorial Board	5
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	5
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	5
Intraspecific interactions among wood-decay fungi alter decay rates and dynamics of interspecific interactions	5
The role and fate of patulin in apple-associated fungal-fungal interactions	5
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	5
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	4
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	4
An exploratory study of species richness and dynamics in the cultivable mycobiota of Palmaria palmata	4
Detailed analysis of fungal communities in Norway spruce logs reveals stochastic fine-scale patterns of species and detects lichen forming fungi without their photobionts	4
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	4
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	4
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	4
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	4
Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria	4
Co-dispersal of symbionts in the lichen Cladonia stellaris inferred from genomic data	4
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	4
Tracing the spatial extent and lag time of carbon transfer from Picea abies to ectomycorrhizal fungi differing in host type, taxonomy, or hyphal development	4
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	4
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	4
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	4
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	4