The power of citizen science to advance fungal conservation

D Haelewaters, CA Quandt, L Bartrop… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal conservation is gaining momentum globally, but many challenges remain. To
advance further, more data are needed on fungal diversity across space and time …

How mycorrhizal associations influence orchid distribution and population dynamics

T Li, S Wu, W Yang, MA Selosse, J Gao - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Orchid distribution and population dynamics are influenced by a variety of ecological factors
and the formation of holobionts, which play key roles in colonization and ecological …

Primary determinants of communities in deadwood vary among taxa but are regionally consistent

J Müller, M Ulyshen, S Seibold, M Cadotte, A Chao… - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary split between gymnosperms and angiosperms has far‐reaching
implications for the current communities colonizing trees. The inherent characteristics of …

Host preference and network properties in biotrophic plant–fungal associations

S Põlme, M Bahram, H Jacquemyn, P Kennedy… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Analytical methods can offer insights into the structure of biological networks, but
mechanisms that determine the structure of these networks remain unclear. We conducted a …

Independent effects of host and environment on the diversity of wood‐inhabiting fungi

FS Krah, S Seibold, R Brandl, P Baldrian… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dead wood is a habitat for numerous fungal species, many of which are important agents of
decomposition. Previous studies suggested that wood‐inhabiting fungal communities are …

Plant-endophytes interaction influences the secondary metabolism in Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench: an in vitro model

V Maggini, M De Leo, A Mengoni, ER Gallo, E Miceli… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The influence of the interaction (s) between the medicinal plant Echinacea purpurea (L.)
Moench and its endophytic communities on the production of alkamides is investigated. To …

Social justice, community engagement, and undergraduate STEM education: participatory science as a teaching tool

HD Vance-Chalcraft, KC Smith, J Allen… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2024 - lifescied.org
Social justice is increasingly being seen as relevant to the science curriculum. We examine
the intersection of participatory science, social justice, and higher education in the United …

Composition of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Associated With Healthy and Verticillium Wilt Diseased Cotton Plants

F Wei, H Feng, D Zhang, Z Feng, L Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rhizosphere microbial communities are known to be related to plant health; using such an
association for crop management requires a better understanding of this relationship. We …

Effects of host phylogeny, habitat and spatial proximity on host specificity and diversity of pathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi in a subtropical forest

Z Wang, Y Jiang, DC Deane, F He, W Shu… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Soil plant‐pathogenic (PF) and mycorrhizal fungi (MF) are both important in maintaining
plant diversity, for example via host‐specialized effects. However, empirical knowledge on …

Automatic fungi recognition: deep learning meets mycology

L Picek, M Šulc, J Matas, J Heilmann-Clausen… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The article presents an AI-based fungi species recognition system for a citizen-science
community. The system's real-time identification too—FungiVision—with a mobile …