Journal
FUNGAL ECOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101111
Keywords
Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Root associates; Root endophytes; Dark septate fungi; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Community assembly; Hyaloscypha; Mycena; Soil nitrogen gradient
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The study revealed that fungal communities on ectomycorrhizal root tips are primarily influenced by the morphological attributes of ectomycorrhizal communities, with edaphic properties exerting minimal influence. Additionally, the presence of plants forming different types of mycorrhizal associations also shapes the composition of fungal communities.
A diverse range of fungi associate with ectomycorrhizal (EcM) root tips, however, their identity and the biotic and abiotic filters structuring these communities remain unknown. We employed a metabarcoding approach to characterize fungal communities associating with the EcM root tips of Quercus rubra along a natural soil nitrogen gradient. EcM communities and ectomycorrhizal associated fungi (EcAF) were tightly linked across the breadth of the soil gradient. Notably, EcAF communities were primarily shaped by the morphological attributes of EcM communities, particularly the relative abundance of EcM taxa forming rhizomorphic hyphae. Edaphic properties (soil C:N and net N mineralization) exerted minimal influence, suggesting a strong role of biotic interactions in EcAF community assembly. The presence of plants forming ericoid mycorrhizal associations also shapes the prevalence of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi associating with EcM root tips. Overall, EcAF communities were dominated by helotialean fungi, ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, dark septate endophytes, and the white-rot fungi Mycena.
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