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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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungal ecology at treelines	79
Electrical potentials in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor after a rainfall event	30
Intrinsic growth rate and cellobiohydrolase activity underlie the phylogenetic signal to fungal decomposer succession	28
Nitrogen addition drives changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal richness through changes in plant species richness in revegetated alpine grassland	24
Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: Water-availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen	20
Editorial Board	19
Effects of fungicide application on the foliar endophytic fungi of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	18
Shifts in root-associated fungal communities under drought conditions in Ricinus communis	17
Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart	15
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Interaction between growth environment and host progeny shape fungal endophytic assemblages in transplanted Fagus sylvatica	14
Transcriptomic and protein analysis of Trametes versicolor interacting with a Hypholoma fasciculare mycelium foraging in soil	14
Carbon allocation shifts during fungal mycelial competition under the heat stress	13
Fungal community composition and diversity in the rhizosphere soils of Argentina (syn. Potentilla) anserina, on the Qinghai Plateau	12
Crown closure affects endophytic leaf mycobiome compositional dynamics over time in Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii	12
Diurnal patterns and conidial dynamics of Batkoa major, a generalist entomophthoralean pathogen	12
Fine-scale genetic diversity and genet dynamics of the fairy ring fungus Floccularia luteovirens on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau	12
Size, age, and insights into establishment, dynamics and persistence of fairy rings in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming	11
Environmental heterogeneity and soil properties influence fungal communities in Amazonian ferruginous fields	11
Unbreakable: Bird's nest fungi tolerate extreme abiotic stresses	11
Impact of Norway spruce pre-degradation stages induced by Gloeophyllum trabeum on fungal and bacterial communities	10
Endophytic fungal diversity within galls induced by Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and their surrounding host tissues (Borrichia frutescens and Iva frutescens)	10
The role of environmental factors in the conidiation of the predacious rotiferovorous fungus Zoophagus insidians (Zoopagomycota)	10
Microhabitat diversity – A crucial factor shaping macrofungal communities and morphological trait expression in dead wood	10
ITS alchemy: On the use of ITS as a DNA marker in fungal ecology	10

Ecological niche modelling of Cantharellus species in Benin, and revision of their conservation status	10
Non-invasive monitoring of photosynthetic activity and water content in forest lichens by spectral reflectance data and RGB colors from photographs	10
Deadwood substrate and species-species interactions determine the release of volatile organic compounds by wood-decaying fungi	10
Highly heterogeneous mycobiota shape fungal diversity in two globally distributed lichens	10
Editorial board	9
Strong climatic effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities at seedling establishment stage in ice-age relict forests	9
Influence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate and dose on infection outcomes in a critically endangered Australian amphibian	9
Secondary metabolites and their impact on symbiotic interactions in the ambrosia fungus Geosmithia eupagioceri	9
Metatranscriptomic analyses of grapes reveal differences in expressed functional genes of filamentous and yeast fungi during noble rot and grey rot	9
Effects of the endophyte Epichloë coenophiala on the root microbial community and growth performance of tall fescue in different saline-alkali soils	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	8
Evenness modulates effects of the loss of plant litter from rare species on fungal decomposers in tropical streams	8
Editorial Board	8
The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology	8
Differences in spore size and atmospheric survival shape stark contrasts in the dispersal dynamics of two closely related fungal pathogens	8
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	8
Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada	8
Metabolic activity on Biolog FF MicroPlate suggests organic substrate decomposition by Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 isolated from Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan	8
Truffles in the sky: The impact of stochastic and deterministic drivers on Rhizopogon communities of the Madrean sky island archipelago	7
Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines	7
The potential saprotrophic capacity of foliar endophytic fungi from Quercus gambelii	7
Wood-decay type and fungal guild dominance across a North American log transplant experiment	7
Beetles provide directed dispersal of viable spores of a keystone wood decay fungus	7
Endophytes dominate fungal communities in six-year-old veteranisation wounds in living oak trunks	7
Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology	7
The response of lichens inhabiting exposed wood of spruce logs to post-hurricane disturbances in Western Carpathian forests	7
Editorial board	7
Temperature sensitivity of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens depends on niche breadth and land use types	7
Nitrogen deposition and temperature structure fungal communities associated with alpine moss-sedge heath in the UK	7
Bidirectional interactions between Grosmannia abietina and hybrid white spruce: Pathogenicity, monoterpene defense responses, and fungal growth and reproduction	6
Editorial board	6
Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi isolates as growth promoters of the grass Urochloa brizantha	6
Factors affecting the foliar endophyte community in the invasive weed, Impatiens glandulifera	6
Hidden diversity within Beauveria and Metarhizium – Comparing morphology, barcoding, multilocus phylogenies and whole-genome sequences	6
Editorial board	6
Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows	6
Morchella galilaea – Expanded phylogeography and relaxed seasonality of a globally distributed autumnal morel	6
Host identity affects the response of mycorrhizal fungal communities to high severity fires in Alaskan boreal forests	6
Species-specific reliance of trees on ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen supply at an alpine treeline	6
Climatic shifts threaten alpine mycorrhizal communities above the treeline	5
DNA metabarcoding reveals compositional and functional differences in fungal communities among Amazonian canga formations	5
Assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities changes from stochastic to deterministic during primary succession	5
Does electrical activity in fungi function as a language?	5
Nitrogen and phosphorus additions affect fruiting of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a temperate hardwood forest	5
In depth review of the ecology of arenicolous marine fungi	5
Mr. Toad's wild fungi: Fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition	5
The cumulative effects of precipitation determine the occurrence of Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies	5
Revealing the non-overlapping characteristics between original centers and genetic diversity of Purpureocillium lilacinum	5
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Insights into the functional role of fungi in deep-sea hydrothermal vents through the analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur	5
Carbon cycling through plant and fungal herbarium specimens tracks the Suess effect over more than a century of environmental change	5
Lichens as material for Lepidoptera's housing: A molecular approach to a widespread and highly selective interaction	5
Microbial community composition unaffected by mycorrhizal plant removal in sub-arctic tundra	5
Global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina	4
Susceptibility of pruning wounds to grapevine trunk disease pathogens Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata in three climatic conditions in Australia	4
Climate-induced long-term changes in the phenology of Mediterranean fungi	4
Fungus-insect symbiosis: Diversity and negative ecological role of the hypocrealean fungus Trichoderma harzianum in colonies of neotropical termites (Blattodea: Termitidae)	4
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Root and hyphal interactions influence N transfer by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soybean/maize intercropping systems	4
Do aquatic fungal environmental DNA assemblages reflect the surrounding terrestrial sporocarp communities?	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
The impact of polyphenolic compounds on the in vitro growth of oak-associated foliar endophytic and saprotrophic fungi	4
Environmental factors and host genetic variation shape the fungal endophyte communities within needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)	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
Feasibility of active handheld NDVI sensors for monitoring lichen ground cover	4
Modelling germination and mycelium growth rates of Monostichella coryli under constant temperature conditions	4
Substrate affinities of wood decay fungi are foremost structured by wood properties not climate	4
The role and fate of patulin in apple-associated fungal-fungal interactions	4
Not always optimal: Fungal fruiting triggers indicate climate sensitivity in cooler regions	3
Composition and diversity of endolichenic microfungal communities from saxicolous lichens at Nahal Boker, the central Negev Desert, Israel	3
Low temperature enhances the ability of the termite-egg-mimicking fungus Athelia termitophila to compete against wood-decaying fungi	3
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi can disperse in the absence of their known vectors	3
Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments	3
The effects of geographic origin and genotype on fungal diversity of silver birch (Betula pendula)	3
Pine species determine fungal microbiome composition in a common garden experiment	3
Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient	3
The effects of tree diversity and neighborhood on phyllosphere fungal communities	3
Evaluation of soil fungal communities using the ITS2 sublocus and 18S gene primers under different amplification methods	3
The effects of grazing history, soil properties and stand structure on the communities of saprotrophic fungi in wood-pastures	3
Root contact dominates vegetative transmission of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala applanata species complex (PAC)	3
Co-dispersal of symbionts in the lichen Cladonia stellaris inferred from genomic data	3
An exploratory study of species richness and dynamics in the cultivable mycobiota of Palmaria palmata	3
Impact of plant species identity and island characteristics on phyllosphere fungal community structure in an island ecosystem	3
Serpula lacrymans reacts with a general, unspecialized chemical response during interaction with mycoparasitic Trichoderma spp. and bacteria	3
Diversity and host recurrence of fungi associated with the bleached leaf litter in a subtropical forest	3
Effects of rainfall exclusion on soil fungi in a boreal forest landscape	3
Sources of variation in foliar endophytic fungal communities in a unique bog system, Hokkaido, Japan	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
Ectomycorrhizal root tips harbor distinctive fungal associates along a soil nitrogen gradient	3
Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria	3
Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest	3
Fungal endophytes and origins of decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica) sapwood	3