S.C. Watkinson

TL;DR: Fungal nutritional mode diversification suggests that the boreal forest biome originated via genetic coevolution of above- and below-ground biota through convergent evolution and divergence among fungal decomposers.

TL;DR: Dead wood litter input to mature forest ecosystems represents 30–40% of the total biomass, containing about 1–4 and 0.1–0.8 kg/(ha∙year), of N and P, respectively, but since wood decomposes re...

TL;DR: The diversity of fungi detected suggests that deep-sea environments host an evolutionarily diverse array of fungi dominated by groups of distantly related yeasts, although four putative filamentous fungal 18S-types were detected.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of mycelial nitrogen translocation on forest floor decomposition and nitrogen absorption were investigated using a scintillant screen in contact with the mycetes.

TL;DR: This approach has revealed novel N‐transport phenomena, including rapid, preferential N‐resource allocation to C‐rich sinks, induction of simultaneous bi‐directional transport, abrupt switching between different pre‐existing transport routes, and a strong pulsatile component to transport in some species.