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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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Endophyte inoculation enhances Ulmus minor resistance to Dutch elm disease	33
Can fungal endophytes fast-track plant adaptations to climate change?	32
Drivers of total and pathogenic soil-borne fungal communities in grassland plant species	32
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	29
Biotic and abiotic determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	25
Rhizosphere fungi actively assimilating plant-derived carbon in a grassland soil	22
Morphological and molecular characterization, predatory behaviour and effect of organic extracts of four nematophagous fungi from Mexico	21
Stand age affects fungal community composition in a Central European temperate forest	20
Endophytic fungus improves peanut drought resistance by reassembling the root-dwelling community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	18
Grapevine pruning time affects natural wound colonization by wood-invading fungi	18
Virulence traits within a community of the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria: Associations with abundance and distribution	18
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	17
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	17
Saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi exhibit contrasting richness patterns along elevational gradients in cool-temperate montane forests	17
Fungal diversity and functionality are driven by soil texture in Taylor Valley, Antarctica	17
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	14
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	13
Plant community and soil available nutrients drive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during alpine meadow degradation	13
Can orchid mycorrhizal fungi be persistently harbored by the plant host?	13
Successional development of wood-inhabiting fungi associated with dominant tree species in a natural temperate floodplain forest	12
Modelling range dynamics of terricolous lichens of the genus Peltigera in the Alps under a climate change scenario	12
Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments	11
Host phylogeny is the primary determinant of ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition in the permafrost ecosystem of eastern Siberia at a regional scale	10
The cooler the better: Increased aquatic hyphomycete diversity in subtropical streams along a neotropical latitudinal gradient	10
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	9

Native and non-native mammals disperse exotic ectomycorrhizal fungi at long distances from pine plantations	9
A double-edged sword: Amylostereum areolatum odors attract both Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and its parasitoid, Ibalia leucospoides	9
Wood-inhabiting fungal communities: Opportunities for integration of empirical and theoretical community ecology	9
Canopy throughfall links canopy epiphytes to terrestrial vegetation in pristine conifer forests	9
Fairy rings, associated fungi, and assessment of their distribution across environmental variables using GIS	8
Diversity, community composition, and bioactivity of cultivable fungal endophytes in saline and dry soils in deserts	8
Z-3-Hexenylacetate emissions induced by the endophyte Epichloë occultans at different levels of defoliation during the host plant's life cycle	8
Seagrasses, seaweeds and plant debris: An extraordinary reservoir of fungal diversity in the Mediterranean Sea	8
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	8
Carbon allocation mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alters the soil microbial community under various phosphorus levels	8
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	7
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	7
Relationships between macro-fungal dark diversity and habitat parameters using LiDAR	7
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can disperse in the absence of their known vectors	7
Interactions between pinewood nematodes and the fungal community of pine trees	7
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	7
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	7
Mycobiota of Eucommia ulmoides bark: Diversity, rare biosphere and core taxa	7
Inside Pandora's box: Development of the lethal myrmecopathogenic fungus Pandora formicae within its ant host	7
Endophytic fungal community succession in reproductive organs of two olive tree cultivars with contrasting anthracnose susceptibilities	6
Ectomycorrhizal root tips harbor distinctive fungal associates along a soil nitrogen gradient	6
Endophytic Fusarium spp. affect yield, but can they be a solution for Botrytis control in vineyard production?	6
Root-associated community composition and co-occurrence patterns of fungi in wild grapevine	6
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	6
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	6
Besides stem canker severity, oilseed rape host genotype matters for the production of Leptosphaeria maculans fruit bodies	6
Culturable root endophyte communities are shaped by both warming and plant host identity in the Rocky Mountains, USA	6
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	6
Relationship and genetic structure among autoecious and heteroecious populations of Cronartium pini in northern Fennoscandia	6
In vitro study of volatile organic compounds produced by the mutualistic fungus of leaf-cutter ants and the antagonist Escovopsis	6
Hyphal exploration strategies and habitat modification of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in microengineered soil chips	6
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	6
Species-specific trade-offs between regrowth and mycorrhizas in the face of defoliation and phosphorus addition	6
Distribution and ecological traits of a rare and threatened fungus Hericium flagellum in Poland with the prediction of its potential occurrence in Europe	6
Can seed-borne endophytes promote grass invasion by reducing host dependence on mycorrhizas?	6
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert	6
Where do nivicolous myxomycetes occur? – Modeling the potential worldwide distribution of Physarum albescens	6
Epichloë endophyte affects the root colonization pattern of belowground symbionts in a wild grass	6
Enhancing repository fungal data for biogeographic analyses	6
Restoration of the mycobiome of the endangered Hawaiian mint Phyllostegia kaalaensis increases its resistance to a common powdery mildew	6
Linking wood-decay fungal communities to decay rates: Using a long-term experimental manipulation of deadwood and canopy gaps	5
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	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
Spatiotemporal distribution and dynamic changes of myxomycetes in subtropical forests of China	5
Human-associated migration of Holarctic Saccharomyces uvarum strains to Patagonia	5
Ratio-dependent functional response of two common Cladocera present in farmland ponds to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	5
Fungal communities associated with acorn woodpeckers and their excavations	5
Specific network and phylosymbiosis pattern in endophyte community of coastal halophytes	5
Oomycetes associated with Prunus serotina persist in soil after tree harvest	5
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	5

Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	5
Genetic admixture increases phenotypic diversity in the nectar yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii	5
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	5
In silico environmental sampling of emerging fungal pathogens via big data analysis	5
Soil microbial and chemical responses to foliar Epichloë fungal infection in Lolium perenne, Hordeum brevisubulatum and Achnatherum inebrians	5
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	5
Biodiversity of mycoplankton in the profile of eutrophic lakes with varying water quality	4
Spatial and temporal differences in the community structure of endophytic fungi in the carnivorous plant Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae)	4
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	4
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	4
Fire and local factors shape ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Pinus ponderosa in mountains of the Madrean Sky Island Archipelago	4
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	4
Effect of stand thinning, former land use and individual tree parameters on wood inhabiting fungal community composition in young living Norway spruce	4
Leptographium terebrantis inoculation and associated crown symptoms and tree mortality in Pinus taeda	4
Land-cover and climate factors contribute to the prevalence of the ectoparasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in its invasive ant host Lasius neglectus	4
Seasonal disconnects between saprobic and mycorrhizal sporocarp communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains	4
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	4
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	4
Fungal diversity living in the root and sporophore of the endemic Korean fern Mankyua chejuense	4
The effects of grazing history, soil properties and stand structure on the communities of saprotrophic fungi in wood-pastures	4
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	4
Secondary metabolites and nutrients explain fungal community composition in aspen wood	4
Malassezia is widespread and has undescribed diversity in the marine environment	3
What determines species composition and diversity of hypogeous fungi in the diet of small mammals? A comparison across mammal species, habitat types and seasons in Central European mountains	3
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	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
Fungal communities associated with roots of two closely related Juglandaceae species with a disjunct distribution in the tropics	3
Functional traits of epiphytic lichen communities in a Temperate-Mediterranean fragmented landscape: Importance of patch size, tree diameter and summer rainfall	3
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	3
Soil fungal communities are compositionally resistant to drought manipulations – Evidence from culture-dependent and culture-independent analyses	3
Citizen science data predict high potential for macrofungal refugia outside protected riparian areas	3
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	3
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	3
Response of fungal endophyte communities within Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem) to nutrient addition and herbivore exclusion	3
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	3
Evaluating the diversity of the enigmatic fungal phylum Cryptomycota across habitats using 18S rRNA metabarcoding	3
Co-invading ectomycorrhizal fungal succession in pine-invaded mountain grasslands	3
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	3
Polyphyly, asexual reproduction and dual trophic mode in Buchwaldoboletus	3
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	3
Host-specificity of moss-associated fungal communities in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by amplicon pyrosequencing	3
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	3
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	3
Laboratory conditions can change the complexity and composition of the natural aquatic mycobiome on Alnus glutinosa leaf litter	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
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	3