OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal ecology at treelines	118
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	30
Editorial Board	27
Effects of fungicide application on the foliar endophytic fungi of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	27
Functional diversity of dead wood promotes species-rich communities of fungi	24
Editorial Board	24
Phenotypic plasticity in two saxicolous lichen species: elevation and microsite effects on physiological and biochemical responses	22
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
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	18
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	17
Editorial board	16
Soil fungal communities differ among forest types but show limited response to cessation of ecosystem engineering by the superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	15
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	15
Environmental regulation of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus apothecia development	15
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	14
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	14
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	14
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
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
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	12
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	12

Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	12
Environmental heterogeneity and soil properties influence fungal communities in Amazonian ferruginous fields	12
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	11
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	11
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	11
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	11
The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	11
Endophytic fungal diversity within galls induced by Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and their surrounding host tissues (Borrichia frutescens and Iva frutescens)	11
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	11
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	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
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	10
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	10
Editorial Board	10
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	10
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	10
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	9
Phenology of rust fungi (Pucciniales) during mild winters – high temporal flexibility of spore generations	9
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	9
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	9
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	9
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	9
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	8
Editorial board	8
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	8
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	8
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	8
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	8
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	8
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	7
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	7
Fungistatic effects of purified conifer tannins against five wood-decaying fungi	7
Forest edge effects structure foliar fungal communities independent of host variation	7
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	7
Editorial board	7
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	7
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	7
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	7
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	7
Editorial Board	6
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	6
The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	6
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	6
Editorial Board	6
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	6
Editorial Board	6
Editorial Board	6
Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	6
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	6
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	6

Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	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
Insights into the functional role of fungi in deep-sea hydrothermal vents through the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur	6
Editorial Board	5
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	5
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	5
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	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
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	5
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	5
Fungus-insect symbiosis: Diversity and negative ecological role of the hypocrealean fungus Trichoderma harzianum in colonies of neotropical termites (Blattodea: Termitidae)	5
Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	5
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	5
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	5
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	5
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	5
Flow-network adaptation and behavior in slime molds	5
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	5
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	5
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	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
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	4
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	4
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	4
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	4
Editorial Board	4
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	4
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	4
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	4
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	4
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	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