Masao Murata

TL;DR: Fungal traits and character database FungalTraits operating at genus and species hypothesis levels is presented in this article, which includes 17 lifestyle related traits of fungal and Stramenopila genera.

TL;DR: Results suggest that after migrating, Pseudotsuga-specific fungal lineages may have become extinct in small isolated populations in Japan, and the existence of the host effect on ECM fungal communities is confirmed.

TL;DR: The results indicate that ECM fungal communities are determined more by geographical location than host monophyly on this spatial (c.770–1,600 km) and geological time scale ( c. 20–25 My) and may be important to preserve local ECMFungal pools, irrespective of host species.

TL;DR: Results indicate that Rhizopogon sp.1 is very likely to have a close ecological relationship with endangered P. amamiana, probably due to a long co-evolutionary period on isolated islands, and to play the key role in seedling establishment after disturbance, and may need to identify and utilize such key ECM fungi to conserve endangered trees practically.

TL;DR: Soil spore banks of R. togasawariana remained highly infective after preservation for 1 year or heat treatment at 70 °C, suggesting an ecological strategy of establishing ectomycorrhizal associations on regenerating Japanese Douglas-fir seedlings after disturbance, as observed in other Rhizopogon–Pinaceae combinations.