• Community composition of arctic root-associated fungi mirrors host plant phylogeny 

      Botnen, Synnøve Smebye; Thoen, Ella; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken; Krabberød, Anders Kristian; Kauserud, Håvard (FEMS Microbiology Ecology;Volume 96, Issue 11, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-12)
      The number of plant species regarded as non-mycorrhizal increases at higher latitudes, and several plant species in the High-Arctic Archipelago Svalbard have been reported as non-mycorrhizal. We used the rRNA ITS2 and 18S ...
    • The Indoor mycobiomes of daycare centers are affected by occupancy and climate 

      Estensmo, Eva Lena Fjeld; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye; Maurice, Sundy; Martin Sanchez, Pedro Maria; Morgado, Luis; Engh, Ingeborg Bjorvand; Høiland, Klaus; Skrede, Inger; Kauserud, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
    • Mycena species can be opportunist-generalist plant root invaders 

      Harder, Christoffer Bugge; Hesling, Emily; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye; Lorberau, Kelsey; Dima, Bálint; von Bonsdorff-Salminen, Tea; Niskanen, Tuula; Jarvis, Susan G.; Ouimette, Andrew; Hester, Alison; Hobbie, Erik A.; Taylor, Andy F. S.; Kauserud, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Traditional strict separation of fungi into ecological niches as mutualist, par- asite or saprotroph is increasingly called into question. Sequences of assumed saprotrophs have been amplified from plant root interiors, and ...