Nature Communications (Jun 2019)
European mushroom assemblages are darker in cold climates
- Franz-Sebastian Krah,
- Ulf Büntgen,
- Hanno Schaefer,
- Jörg Müller,
- Carrie Andrew,
- Lynne Boddy,
- Jeffrey Diez,
- Simon Egli,
- Robert Freckleton,
- Alan C. Gange,
- Rune Halvorsen,
- Einar Heegaard,
- Antje Heideroth,
- Christoph Heibl,
- Jacob Heilmann-Clausen,
- Klaus Høiland,
- Ritwika Kar,
- Håvard Kauserud,
- Paul M. Kirk,
- Thomas W. Kuyper,
- Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber,
- Jenni Norden,
- Phillip Papastefanou,
- Beatrice Senn-Irlet,
- Claus Bässler
Affiliations
- Franz-Sebastian Krah
- Plant Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Ecology & Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München
- Ulf Büntgen
- Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
- Hanno Schaefer
- Plant Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Ecology & Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München
- Jörg Müller
- Bavarian Forest National Park
- Carrie Andrew
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21
- Lynne Boddy
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
- Jeffrey Diez
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California
- Simon Egli
- Research Unit Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- Robert Freckleton
- Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
- Alan C. Gange
- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Rune Halvorsen
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Einar Heegaard
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
- Antje Heideroth
- Bavarian Forest National Park
- Christoph Heibl
- Bavarian Forest National Park
- Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- Klaus Høiland
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21
- Ritwika Kar
- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen
- Håvard Kauserud
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21
- Paul M. Kirk
- Mycology Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- Thomas W. Kuyper
- Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University
- Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
- Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
- Jenni Norden
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21
- Phillip Papastefanou
- TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, Technical University of Munich
- Beatrice Senn-Irlet
- Research Unit Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- Claus Bässler
- Bavarian Forest National Park
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10767-z
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The functions of color in fungi are not well characterized. Here, Krah and colleagues investigate the color of mushroom assemblages across Europe and show relationships with climate, nutritional mode (saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal) and seasonality.
