Jeffrey K. Stone

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the loss of foundation tree species changes the local environment on which a variety of other species depend and how this disrupts fundamental ecosystem processes, including rates of decomposition, nutrient fluxes, carbon sequestration, and energy flow.

TL;DR: This study provides a phylogenetic synthesis for the Fungi and a framework for future phylogenetic studies on fungi and the impact of this newly discovered phylogenetic structure on supraordinal classifications is discussed.

TL;DR: Endophytic infections of land plants by endophytes are ubiquitous, having been found throughout a broad range of host orders, families, and genera worldwide, and representing a diverse array of terrestrial and aquatic habitats.

TL;DR: Endophytic fungi were isolated from five species of broad-leaved evergreen shrubs from 16 sites in western Oregon, showing a pattern of species dominance where the most common endophyte of a given host is isolated less frequently from other hosts; less commonly isolated endophytes appear to be less host specific.

TL;DR: Quantitative estimates of frequencies of latent infections by Rhabdocline parkeri Sherw on Douglas-fir were obtained by direct microscopy of cleared needles from three half-sib trees, finding differences in infection frequencies among trees were not demonstrably related to levels of infestation by Contarinia spp.