OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fungal Ecology is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	58
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	24
Besides stem canker severity, oilseed rape host genotype matters for the production of Leptosphaeria maculans fruit bodies	23
Fungal ecology at treelines	18
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	16
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	16
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	14
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance in elevation belts of the hyperarid Atacama Desert	13
Editorial board	13
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Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	12
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	12
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	12
Ratio-dependent functional response of two common Cladocera present in farmland ponds to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	11
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	11
Crown closure affects endophytic leaf mycobiome compositional dynamics over time in Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii	10
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	9
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	9
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	9
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	9
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	9
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	8
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	8
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Specific network and phylosymbiosis pattern in endophyte community of coastal halophytes	8

Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	8
The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	8
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	7
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	7
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	7
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	7
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	7
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	7
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	7
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	7
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	7
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	7
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	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	6
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	6
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	6
Enhancing repository fungal data for biogeographic analyses	6
Host-specificity of moss-associated fungal communities in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by amplicon pyrosequencing	6
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	6
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	6
Editorial board	6
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	6
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	6
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	6
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	6
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	6
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	6
Leptographium terebrantis inoculation and associated crown symptoms and tree mortality in Pinus taeda	6
Soil fungal communities are compositionally resistant to drought manipulations – Evidence from culture-dependent and culture-independent analyses	5
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Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	5
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	5
Oomycetes associated with Prunus serotina persist in soil after tree harvest	5
Editorial board	5
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	5
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	5
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	5
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	5
Soil microbial and chemical responses to foliar Epichloë fungal infection in Lolium perenne, Hordeum brevisubulatum and Achnatherum inebrians	5
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	5
Spatiotemporal distribution and dynamic changes of myxomycetes in subtropical forests of China	5
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	5
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert	5