Karst rocky desertification diverged the soil residing and the active ectomycorrhizal fungal communities thereby fostering distinctive extramatrical mycelia

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are mutualists that play crucial roles in liberation, nutrient acquisition, transfer of growth-limiting resources and provision of water to host plants in terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in stressed prone climates. In this study, a field-based experiment was performed in Yunnan, China to assess the effect of karst rocky desertification (KRD) and natural forests (non-KRD) sites on the richness and composition of...