Article Dans Une Revue Nature Année : 2025

Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected

1 SPUN - Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
2 IBZ - Institute of Integrative Biology
3 Funga Public Benefit Corporation
4 VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam]
5 Falz-Fein Biosphere Reserve “Askania Nova”, Kherson Oblast
6 Tartu Ülikool = University of Tartu [Estonie]
7 Fungi Foundation
8 Universidad Santo Tomas
9 Stanford University
10 Lund University
11 Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR, v. v. i. [Prague, Czech Republic]
12 KSU - King Saud University [Riyadh]
13 Oxford Brookes University [Oxford]
14 USFQ - Universidad San Francisco de Quito
15 UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin
16 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention [Amsterdam]
17 The National University of Lesotho, Lesotho.
18 Dartmouth College [Hanover]
19 RSPB - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
20 IAM - Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes
21 The Nature Conservancy
22 UH - University of Hawai'i [Honolulu]
23 Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan
24 Société Lorraine de Mycologie
25 Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas [Bogota]
26 UNAL - Universidad Nacional de Colombia [Bogotà]
27 NIOO-KNAW - Netherlands Institute of Ecology
28 Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht]
29 Universidad de Antioquia = University of Antioquia [Medellín, Colombia]
30 Nazarbayev University [Kazakhstan]
31 HIOH - Helmholtz Institut für One Health [Greifswald, Germany]
32 Conservatoire botanique national de Corse / Office de l’environnement de la Corse
33 The Nature Conservacy, Honolulu
34 Université du Ghana = University of Ghana
35 UFRO - Universidad de la frontera [Tecumo, Chile] = University of La Frontera [Tecumo, Chile] = Université de La Frontera [Tecumo, Chili]
36 CR2 - Center for Climate and Resilience Research [Santiago]
37 NINA - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Thomas Lauber
Kabir Peay
Charlie Cornwallis
Stuart West

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Mycorrhizal fungi are ecosystem engineers that sustain plant life and help regulate Earth’s biogeochemical cycles1,2,3. However, in contrast to plants and animals, the global distribution of mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity is largely unknown, which limits our ability to monitor and protect key underground ecosystems4,5. Here we trained machine-learning algorithms on a global dataset of 25,000 geolocated soil samples comprising >2.8 billion fungal DNA sequences. We predicted arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungal richness and rarity across terrestrial ecosystems. On the basis of these predictions, we generated high-resolution, global-scale maps and identified key reservoirs of highly diverse and endemic mycorrhizal communities. Intersecting protected areas with mycorrhizal hotspots indicated that less than 10% of predicted mycorrhizal richness hotspots currently exist in protected areas. Our results describe a largely hidden component of Earth’s underground ecosystems and can help identify conservation priorities, set monitoring benchmarks and create specific restoration plans and land-management strategies.

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Cite 10.5281/zenodo.14871588 Article van den hoogen, J., van Nuland, M., & Kumar, S. (2025). Data and code for: Global Hotspots of Mycorrhizal Fungal Richness are Poorly Protected. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14871588

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hal-05185263 , version 1 (13-03-2026)

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Michael van Nuland, Colin Averill, Justin Stewart, Oleh Prylutskyi, Adriana Corrales, et al.. Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected. Nature, 2025, 645 (8080), pp.414-+. ⟨10.1038/s41586-025-09277-4⟩. ⟨hal-05185263⟩
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