Mysterious fungi: Researchers pinpoint hotspots of 'dark taxa' across Earth's underground ecosystems
Mysterious fungi: Researchers pinpoint hotspots of 'dark taxa' across Earth's underground ecosystems
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Mysterious fungi: Researchers pinpoint hotspots of 'dark taxa' across Earth's underground ecosystems
It is estimated that only 155,000 of the roughly 2–3 million fungal species on the planet have been formally described. Now, a review published in Current Biology shows that as much as 83% of ectomycorrhizal species are so-called dark taxa.