ArticleThe New phytologist2025
A trait spectrum linking nitrogen acquisition and carbon use of ectomycorrhizal fungi.
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- Contrasting influences of ectomycorrhizal fungi on decomposition depending on soil fertility.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Ectomycorrhizal Cortinariaceae species dominate class II peroxidase gene expression in a boreal forest soil.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Stronger legacy-effects of forest fertilization on soil saprotrophic fungi than on ectomycorrhizal fungi in the first decade after clearcutting.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Impact of nitrogen on ectomycorrhizal fungi: from resource exchange to forest carbon cycling.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- The Fungal Community of a High-Arctic Semi-Desert Ecosystem Is Robust to Two Decades of Doubled Summer Precipitation but Influenced by Plant Dominance.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- High-throughput sequencing reveals endophytic bacterial differentiation of common truffles (Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Rhizospheric traits and plant functioning belowground.Plant communications · 2026Review
- Ectomycorrhizal mediation of soil carbon sequestration: from carbon allocation to necromass stabilization and priming effects.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Diverse nitrogen acquisition strategies of conifer-associated ectomycorrhizal fungi shape unique responses to changing nitrogen regimes.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Trait spectra have been used in various branches of ecology to explain and predict patterns of species distributions. Several categorical and continuous traits have been proposed as relevant for ectomycorrhizal fungi, but a spectrum that unifies co-varying traits remains to be established and tested. Here, we propose a nitrogen acquisition and carbon use trait spectrum for ectomycorrhizal fungi in nitrogen-limited forests, which encompasses several morphological, physiological, and metabolic traits. Using a simple stoichiometric model, the trait spectrum is linked to the concept of apparent carbon use efficiency and resolves the contradiction that species with high supply of host carbon can maintain nitrogen transfer despite building large mycelial biomass. We suggest that ectomycorrhizal fungal species are distributed along this spectrum, with lifestyles ranging from 'absorbers' with a niche in high productive forests with high availability of soluble nitrogen to 'miners' with the ability to exploit organic matter in forests with low nitrogen availability. Further, we propose ways to test the outlined trait spectrum empirically.
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