OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Fungal Ecology is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	60
Fungal ecology at treelines	26
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	25
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	18
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	16
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	16
Besides stem canker severity, oilseed rape host genotype matters for the production of Leptosphaeria maculans fruit bodies	14
Editorial board	13
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	13
Editorial board	13
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance in elevation belts of the hyperarid Atacama Desert	13
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	12
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	12
Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	12
Ratio-dependent functional response of two common Cladocera present in farmland ponds to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	12
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	11
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	10
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	10
Crown closure affects endophytic leaf mycobiome compositional dynamics over time in Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii	10
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	9
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	9
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	9
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	9
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	9
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	8
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	8
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	8
Editorial board	8
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	8
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	8
Specific network and phylosymbiosis pattern in endophyte community of coastal halophytes	8
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	8
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	8
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	8
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	7
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	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	7
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	7
Host-specificity of moss-associated fungal communities in the Ny-Ålesund region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by amplicon pyrosequencing	7
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	7
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	7
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	7
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	7
Leptographium terebrantis inoculation and associated crown symptoms and tree mortality in Pinus taeda	7
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	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
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	6
Editorial board	6
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	6
Editorial board	6
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	6
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	6
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	6
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	6
Soil microbial and chemical responses to foliar Epichloë fungal infection in Lolium perenne, Hordeum brevisubulatum and Achnatherum inebrians	6
Editorial Board	5
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	5
Mr. Toad's wild fungi: Fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition	5
Editorial board	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
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	5
The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	5
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert	5
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	5
Soil fungal communities are compositionally resistant to drought manipulations – Evidence from culture-dependent and culture-independent analyses	5
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	5
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	5
Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities differ among parental and hybrid Populus cross types within a natural riparian habitat	5
Insights into the functional role of fungi in deep-sea hydrothermal vents through the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur	5
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	5
Oomycetes associated with Prunus serotina persist in soil after tree harvest	5

Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	5
Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows	5
Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	4
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	4
Editorial Board	4
Flow-network adaptation and behavior in slime molds	4
Intraspecific interactions among wood-decay fungi alter decay rates and dynamics of interspecific interactions	4
Editorial Board	4
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	4
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	4
Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	4
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	4
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	4
Land-cover and climate factors contribute to the prevalence of the ectoparasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in its invasive ant host Lasius neglectus	4
The role and fate of patulin in apple-associated fungal-fungal interactions	4
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	3
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	3
Diversity and host recurrence of fungi associated with the bleached leaf litter in a subtropical forest	3
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	3
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	3
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	3
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	3
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	3
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	3
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	3
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	3
Fungi associated with aeroponic roots in caves and mines of New Brunswick	3
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	3
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	3
Tracing the spatial extent and lag time of carbon transfer from Picea abies to ectomycorrhizal fungi differing in host type, taxonomy, or hyphal development	3
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	3
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	3
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	3
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	3
Editorial Board	3
Fungus-insect symbiosis: Diversity and negative ecological role of the hypocrealean fungus Trichoderma harzianum in colonies of neotropical termites (Blattodea: Termitidae)	3
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	3
Habitat loss, extinction debt and climate change threaten terricolous lichens in lowland open dry habitats	2
Editorial board	2
Fungal community structure, development and function in decomposing wood	2
Characterizing oomycete communities after windstorm disturbance in alpine Norway spruce forests: A metabarcoding approach	2
Carbon and nitrogen acquisition strategies by wood decay fungi influence their isotopic signatures in Picea abies forests	2
Editorial board	2
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	2
Can seed-borne endophytes promote grass invasion by reducing host dependence on mycorrhizas?	2
Strict substrate requirements alongside rapid substrate turnover may indicate an early colonization: A case study of Pleurotus calyptratus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)	2
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	2
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	2
Spatial resource arrangement influences both network structures and activity of fungal mycelia: A form of pattern recognition?	2
An exploratory study of species richness and dynamics in the cultivable mycobiota of Palmaria palmata	2
Metabolic activities and ultrastructure imaging at late-stage of wood decomposition in interactive brown rot - white rot fungal combinations	2
A double-edged sword: Amylostereum areolatum odors attract both Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and its parasitoid, Ibalia leucospoides	2
Wood-inhabiting fungal communities: Opportunities for integration of empirical and theoretical community ecology	2
Patterns of community composition and diversity in latent fungi of living Quercus serrata trunks across a range of oak wilt prevalence and climate variables in Japan	2
Black pepper pathogen suppression: Divergent rhizosphere fungal communities of healthy and diseased plants yield new insights for orchard management in Vietnam	2
Editorial board	2
Composition and diversity of endolichenic microfungal communities from saxicolous lichens at Nahal Boker, the central Negev Desert, Israel	2
Not always optimal: Fungal fruiting triggers indicate climate sensitivity in cooler regions	2
Can orchid mycorrhizal fungi be persistently harbored by the plant host?	2
Ectomycorrhizal root tips harbor distinctive fungal associates along a soil nitrogen gradient	2
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can disperse in the absence of their known vectors	2
Carbon allocation mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alters the soil microbial community under various phosphorus levels	2
Restoration of the mycobiome of the endangered Hawaiian mint Phyllostegia kaalaensis increases its resistance to a common powdery mildew	2
Comparative gene expression and genomics reflect geographical divergence in the plant symbiotic and entomopathogenic fungal genus Metarhizium	2
Editorial board	2
High phenotypic variability in the wood decay fungus Phellopilus nigrolimitatus	2
Editorial board	2
Mycobiota of Eucommia ulmoides bark: Diversity, rare biosphere and core taxa	2
The effects of grazing history, soil properties and stand structure on the communities of saprotrophic fungi in wood-pastures	2
Root contact dominates vegetative transmission of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata species complex (PAC)	2
Co-dispersal of symbionts in the lichen Cladonia stellaris inferred from genomic data	2
Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria	2