Diversity, taxonomic composition, and functional aspects of fungal communities in living, senesced, and fallen leaves at five sites across North America

Background. Fungal endophytes inhabit symptomless, living tissues of all major plant lineages to form one of earth's most prevalent groups of symbionts. Many reproduce from senesced and/or decomposing leaves and can produce extracellular leaf degrading enzymes, blurring the line between symbiot...

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Main Authors: U’Ren, Jana M., Arnold, A. Elizabeth
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Sch Plant Sci
Language:en
Published: PEERJ INC 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622405
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622405