In:
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 346, No. 6213 ( 2014-11-28)
Abstract:
Fungi are hyperdiverse but poorly known, despite their ecological and economic impacts. Tedersoo et al. collected nearly 15,000 topsoil samples from 365 sites worldwide and sequenced their genomes (see the Perspective by Wardle and Lindahl). Overall, they found a striking decline in fungal species richness with distance from the equator. For some specialist groups though, diversity depended more on the abundance of host plants than host diversity or geography. The findings reveal a huge gap between known and described species and the actual numbers of distinct fungi in the world's soils. Science , this issue 10.1126/science.1256688 ; see also p. 1052
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-8075
,
1095-9203
DOI:
10.1126/science.1256688
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2014
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2066996-3
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2060783-0
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11
