OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Fungal Ecology is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal ecology at treelines	133
Editorial Board	31
Effects of fungicide application on the foliar endophytic fungi of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	30
Editorial Board	27
Functional diversity of dead wood promotes species-rich communities of fungi	26
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	25
Phenotypic plasticity in two saxicolous lichen species: elevation and microsite effects on physiological and biochemical responses	25
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	21
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	20
Root-associated fungal communities on five distant small islands	19
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	18
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	17
Environmental regulation of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus apothecia development	16
Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	16
Editorial board	16
Soil fungal communities differ among forest types but show limited response to cessation of ecosystem engineering by the superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	16
Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	16
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	16
Bacterial-fungal interactions in soil ecosystems: From biocontrol and niche partitioning to biogeochemical impacts	14
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	14
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	14
Carbon allocation shifts during fungal mycelial competition under the heat stress	14
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	13
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	13
Environmental heterogeneity and soil properties influence fungal communities in Amazonian ferruginous fields	13

Unbreakable: Bird's nest fungi tolerate extreme abiotic stresses	13
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	12
Endophytic fungal diversity within galls induced by Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and their surrounding host tissues (Borrichia frutescens and Iva frutescens)	12
Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	12
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	12
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	12
The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	12
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	12
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	11
Editorial Board	11
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	11
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	10
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	10
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	10
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	10
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	10
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	9
Phenology of rust fungi (Pucciniales) during mild winters – high temporal flexibility of spore generations	9
Six years later: Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities recovering after the end of long-term nitrogen and sulfur addition in a mixed-species temperate North American forest	9
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	9
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	9
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	9
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	8
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	8
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	8
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	8
Editorial board	8
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	8
Fungistatic effects of purified conifer tannins against five wood-decaying fungi	8
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	8
Editorial Board	8
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	7
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	7
Forest edge effects structure foliar fungal communities independent of host variation	7
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	7
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	7
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	7
Editorial board	7
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	7
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	7
Editorial Board	6
Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	6
Editorial Board	6
Editorial Board	6
Mr. Toad's wild fungi: Fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition	6
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	6
Editorial Board	6
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	6
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	6
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	6

Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	6
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	6
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	6
Insights into the functional role of fungi in deep-sea hydrothermal vents through the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur	6
The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	6
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	5
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	5
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	5
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	5
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	5
Intraspecific interactions among wood-decay fungi alter decay rates and dynamics of interspecific interactions	5
Editorial Board	5
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	5
Flow-network adaptation and behavior in slime molds	5
Assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities changes from stochastic to deterministic during primary succession	5
The role and fate of patulin in apple-associated fungal-fungal interactions	5
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	5
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	5
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	5
Host range and global distribution of Gaeumannomyces root fungi of cereal crops and wild grasses	5
Editorial Board	4
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	4
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	4
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	4
Tracing the spatial extent and lag time of carbon transfer from Picea abies to ectomycorrhizal fungi differing in host type, taxonomy, or hyphal development	4
Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	4
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	4
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	4
An exploratory study of species richness and dynamics in the cultivable mycobiota of Palmaria palmata	4
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	4
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	4
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	4
Co-dispersal of symbionts in the lichen Cladonia stellaris inferred from genomic data	4
Root contact dominates vegetative transmission of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata species complex (PAC)	3
Trophic state and phytoplankton composition shape lake mycoplankton diversity	3
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	3
Editorial Board	3
Evaluation of soil fungal communities using the ITS2 sublocus and 18S gene primers under different amplification methods	3
Detailed analysis of fungal communities in Norway spruce logs reveals stochastic fine-scale patterns of species and detects lichen forming fungi without their photobionts	3
Black pepper pathogen suppression: Divergent rhizosphere fungal communities of healthy and diseased plants yield new insights for orchard management in Vietnam	3
Strict substrate requirements alongside rapid substrate turnover may indicate an early colonization: A case study of Pleurotus calyptratus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)	3
Targeting Mn-dependent peroxidase activities - considerations and optimizations	3
Sources of variation in foliar endophytic fungal communities in a unique bog system, Hokkaido, Japan	3
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	3
Persistence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with thinning disturbances and local soil property variation in a planted Cryptomeria japonica forest	3
Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria	3
Composition and diversity of endolichenic microfungal communities from saxicolous lichens at Nahal Boker, the central Negev Desert, Israel	3
The effects of grazing history, soil properties and stand structure on the communities of saprotrophic fungi in wood-pastures	3
Not always optimal: Fungal fruiting triggers indicate climate sensitivity in cooler regions	3