Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Weilin Huang; Peter M. van Bodegom; Stéphane Declerck; Jussi Heinonsalo; Marco Cosme; Toni Viskari; Jari Liski; Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03341-9

Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Mycelium chemistry differs markedly between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Weilin Huang,
Peter M. van Bodegom,
Stéphane Declerck,
Jussi Heinonsalo,
Marco Cosme,
Toni Viskari,
Jari Liski,
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia

Affiliations

Weilin Huang: Environmental Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
Peter M. van Bodegom: Environmental Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
Stéphane Declerck: Mycology, Applied Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain
Jussi Heinonsalo: Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Marco Cosme: Mycology, Applied Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain
Toni Viskari: Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Jari Liski: Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia: Environmental Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03341-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Chemical profiles of arbuscular (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi reveal that differences in decomposability-relevant chemistry are larger between AM and EM fungi than across plant functional groups.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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