Potential Link between Ectomycorrhizal Community Composition and Host Tree Phenology

The timing of leaf phenology tends to be crucial in controlling ecosystem processes such as the acquisition carbon and water loss well tree nutrient cycling. To date, has mostly been associated with environmental control (e.g., temperature photoperiod) a relationship inheritance, while it rarely linked ectomycorrhizal community compositional changes through host tree’s phenological stages. Seasonal variations fungal communities have widely studied, but little is known about mycorrhiza composition along Therefore, we analyzed silver fir their during transition between stages each individual time bud break were monitored weekly for two years and, at same time, ectomycorrhiza was harvested from selected trees. In total, 60 soil cores differences using Sanger sequencing morphotypes. A significant difference beta diversity an overall confirmed periods both sampled years. Species-specific reactions transitions 18 different taxa, where positive correlation Russula ochroleuca, illota, Tomentella sublilacina, Tylospora fibrillosa observed stage burst.