Most of these fungi are saprobes causing brown or white wood rot, whereas some of them form ectomycorrhizae with woody plants. Therefore, they play an important function in nutrient cycling and soil ...

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Many natural products, or compounds found in plants, soil, deep-sea sponges and fungi, have shown promise for treating various diseases. Penicillin, for instance, was discovered in 1928 when a ...

The addition of biochar reduced the number of humus precursor-associated genera by 35, increased the number of genera involved in humus synthesis by two, and enhanced the stability of the cross-domain ...