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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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal ecology at treelines	87
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	30
Editorial Board	30
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	25
Effects of fungicide application on the foliar endophytic fungi of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	21
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	20
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	19
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	17
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	17
Editorial board	16
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	15
Carbon allocation shifts during fungal mycelial competition under the heat stress	14
Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	14
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	13
Crown closure affects endophytic leaf mycobiome compositional dynamics over time in Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii	13
Bacterial-fungal interactions in soil ecosystems: From biocontrol and niche partitioning to biogeochemical impacts	13
Unbreakable: Bird's nest fungi tolerate extreme abiotic stresses	12
Environmental heterogeneity and soil properties influence fungal communities in Amazonian ferruginous fields	12
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	12
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	12
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	11
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	11
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	11
Endophytic fungal diversity within galls induced by Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and their surrounding host tissues (Borrichia frutescens and Iva frutescens)	11
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	11

The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	11
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	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
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	10
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	9
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	9
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	9
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	9
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	9
Editorial Board	8
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	8
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	8
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	8
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	8
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	8
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	8
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	8
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	8
Phenology of rust fungi (Pucciniales) during mild winters – high temporal flexibility of spore generations	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	7
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	7
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	7
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	7
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	7
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	7
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	7
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	7
Editorial board	7
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	7
Editorial board	7
Editorial board	7
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	6
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	6
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	6
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	6
Editorial Board	6
Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows	6
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	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
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	5
Editorial Board	5
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	5
Assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities changes from stochastic to deterministic during primary succession	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
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	5
Mr. Toad's wild fungi: Fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition	5
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	5
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	5

Editorial Board	5
Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	5
Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	5
Editorial Board	5
The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	5
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	4
Fungus-insect symbiosis: Diversity and negative ecological role of the hypocrealean fungus Trichoderma harzianum in colonies of neotropical termites (Blattodea: Termitidae)	4
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	4
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	4
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	4
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	4
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	4
Editorial Board	4
The role and fate of patulin in apple-associated fungal-fungal interactions	4
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	4
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	4
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	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
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Flow-network adaptation and behavior in slime molds	4
Intraspecific interactions among wood-decay fungi alter decay rates and dynamics of interspecific interactions	4
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	4
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	4
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	4
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	4
Composition and diversity of endolichenic microfungal communities from saxicolous lichens at Nahal Boker, the central Negev Desert, Israel	3
Black pepper pathogen suppression: Divergent rhizosphere fungal communities of healthy and diseased plants yield new insights for orchard management in Vietnam	3
The effects of grazing history, soil properties and stand structure on the communities of saprotrophic fungi in wood-pastures	3
Detailed analysis of fungal communities in Norway spruce logs reveals stochastic fine-scale patterns of species and detects lichen forming fungi without their photobionts	3
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	3
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	3
Root contact dominates vegetative transmission of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata species complex (PAC)	3
Evaluation of soil fungal communities using the ITS2 sublocus and 18S gene primers under different amplification methods	3
Strict substrate requirements alongside rapid substrate turnover may indicate an early colonization: A case study of Pleurotus calyptratus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)	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
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	3
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	3
Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria	3
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	3
Sources of variation in foliar endophytic fungal communities in a unique bog system, Hokkaido, Japan	3
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can disperse in the absence of their known vectors	3
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	3
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	3
An exploratory study of species richness and dynamics in the cultivable mycobiota of Palmaria palmata	3
Trophic state and phytoplankton composition shape lake mycoplankton diversity	3