Fungal ecology is the scientific study of fungi and the ecosystem they are part of. It includes the interactions of fungi with their environment and with the organisms they share it with.

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A new study has uncovered an unexpected ecological chain reaction that could put vast stretches of North American forests at ...

In a new study published in Ecology Letters, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the ...