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In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of t...

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Earth System Science (https://earthsystemscience.stanford.edu). Ea...

A postdoctoral position in ecology is available in David Armitage’s research group at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) in Okinawa, Japan, with a flexible start date, ideally in early...

Invasive symbiotic fungi have been transported around the world, but their role in the shaping of ecosystems is not fully understood. We experimentally tested whether the invasiveness of ectomycorrhiz...

Soil fungi play major roles in ecosystem functioning and plant resilience to environmental stresses. However, they are often overlooked in ecosystem restoration plans. In the Coastal Range of southern...

Bai-Yu Yang, Xiao-Chen Fang, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Li-Ting Zheng, Di-Feng Bao, Li Zhang, Zhao Zhao, Ci-Liang Zhao, Hai-Jun Mao, Zai-Ping Yu, Dan-Yan Ou, Marc W. Cadotte, En-Rong Yan This is a…

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02213-2Soil microbial populations bloom and then die-off in ecosystems with seasonal snowpack. This study showed that distinct taxa utilize different N sources for growth or energy during the microbial bloom and alter the fate of N after snowmelt.

Background and aims Forest mycorrhizal type and soil acidity strongly influence soil nitrogen (N) availability. Arbuscular mycorrhizal pure cedar plantations are expected to exhibit higher soil minera...

A two decade long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon whil...

Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi interconnect neighbouring plants. New evidence from Zhang et al. demonstrates that CMNs transfer jasmonic acid from necrotroph...

79% of endemic species show signs of decline, highlighting the vulnerability of island biodiversity to ecosystem changes.

Machine-learning algorithms trained on 25,000 geolocated soil samples are used to create high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungi, revealing that less than 10% of their biodiversity hotspots are in protected areas.

Fungi exhibit diverse ecological functions. Martin and Tan describe and trace the evolution of saprotrophy and symbiosis in fungi, showing that fungi in nature occupy a continuum between these nutriti...

In this review, van Galen et al. use global soil metabarcoding databases to evaluate current estimates of the total number of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungal species on Earth, outline the current state o...