Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities—2nd Edition
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 13
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Interests: Aspergillaceae; Discinaceae; fungal biodiversity; fungal taxonomy; Ganodermataceae; Helvellaceae; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetics
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Dear Colleagues,
This is an expanded second edition of the Special Issue, “Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities”, the first edition of which resulted in seven papers (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/special_issues/4244CS6726).
Soil is one of the principal substrata of life on Earth and an important participant in the cycling of carbon and other elements on the planet. It plays vital roles in both global ecosystems and human societies. Soil microorganisms have different kinds of ecological functions and shape global element cycles in life and death. They are a major engine of terrestrial biogeochemistry, driving the turnover of soil organic matter, the Earth’s largest terrestrial carbon pool.
Increasing numbers of fungal species from soil have been discovered and described, and further studies are required to fulfil different purposes in biology and the other related disciplines. Nevertheless, the biodiversity of fungal species in soil is still poorly underestimated, and the ecological functions of them are not fully recognized.
This Special Issue will focus on biodiversity, new species/taxon of fungal species, and their ecological functions in soil communities. This Special Issue is also an exciting opportunity to combine and synthesize the findings in these fields. Therefore, Diversity’s team kindly invites you to submit a manuscript on any of the above topics, as well as those addressing broader implications.
Dr. Xin-Cun Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fungal diversity
- new species
- new taxon
- ecological function
- soil community
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- Biodiversity and Ecology of Soil Fungal Communities in Diversity (7 articles)
