funded by a Hermon Slade Foundation grant(HSF08-6,to KV,TL,and MD);an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant(DP0557022 to KV);additional funding from University of New England.MD was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award.Research was conducted under New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service scientific license(S12493).
Truffle-like fungi are highly diverse yet poorly known in Australia.To assess the species richness,biomass,and community assemblages of truffle-like fungi in different habitats we sampled sporocarps of truffle-like fu...