TY - JOUR

T1 - Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi

AU - Abrego, Nerea

AU - Furneaux, Brendan

AU - Hardwick, Bess

AU - Somervuo, Panu

AU - Palorinne, Isabella

AU - Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A

AU - Andrew, Nigel R

AU - Babiy, Ulyana V

AU - Bao, Tan

AU - Bazzano, Gisela

AU - Bondarchuk, Svetlana N

AU - Bonebrake, Timothy C

AU - Brennan, Georgina L

AU - Bret-Harte, Syndonia

AU - Bässler, Claus

AU - Cagnolo, Luciano

AU - Cameron, Erin K

AU - Chapurlat, Elodie

AU - Creer, Simon

AU - D'Acqui, Luigi P

AU - de Vere, Natasha

AU - Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure

AU - Dongmo, Michel A K

AU - Jacobsen, Ida B Dyrholm

AU - Fisher, Brian L

AU - Flores de Jesus, Miguel

AU - Gilbert, Gregory S

AU - Griffith, Gareth W

AU - Gritsuk, Anna A

AU - Gross, Andrin

AU - Grudd, Håkan

AU - Halme, Panu

AU - Hanna, Rachid

AU - Hansen, Jannik

AU - Hansen, Lars Holst

AU - Hegbe, Apollon D M T

AU - Hill, Sarah

AU - Hogg, Ian D

AU - Hultman, Jenni

AU - Hyde, Kevin D

AU - Hynson, Nicole A

AU - Ivanova, Natalia

AU - Karisto, Petteri

AU - Kerdraon, Deirdre

AU - Knorre, Anastasia

AU - Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard

AU - Kurhinen, Juri

AU - Kuzmina, Masha

AU - Lecomte, Nicolas

AU - Lecomte, Erin

AU - Loaiza, Viviana

AU - Lundin, Erik

AU - Meire, Alexander

AU - Mešić, Armin

AU - Miettinen, Otto

AU - Monkhouse, Norman

AU - Mortimer, Peter

AU - Müller, Jörg

AU - Nilsson, R Henrik

AU - Nonti, Puani Yannick C

AU - Nordén, Jenni

AU - Nordén, Björn

AU - Norros, Veera

AU - Paz, Claudia

AU - Pellikka, Petri

AU - Pereira, Danilo

AU - Petch, Geoff

AU - Pitkänen, Juha-Matti

AU - Popa, Flavius

AU - Potter, Caitlin

AU - Purhonen, Jenna

AU - Pätsi, Sanna

AU - Rafiq, Abdullah

AU - Raharinjanahary, Dimby

AU - Rakos, Niklas

AU - Rathnayaka, Achala R

AU - Raundrup, Katrine

AU - Rebriev, Yury A

AU - Rikkinen, Jouko

AU - Rogers, Hanna M K

AU - Rogovsky, Andrey

AU - Rozhkov, Yuri

AU - Runnel, Kadri

AU - Saarto, Annika

AU - Savchenko, Anton

AU - Schlegel, Markus

AU - Schmidt, Niels Martin

AU - Seibold, Sebastian

AU - Skjøth, Carsten

AU - Stengel, Elisa

AU - Sutyrina, Svetlana V

AU - Syvänperä, Ilkka

AU - Tedersoo, Leho

AU - Timm, Jebidiah

AU - Tipton, Laura

AU - Toju, Hirokazu

AU - Uscka-Perzanowska, Maria

AU - van der Bank, Michelle

AU - van der Bank, F Herman

AU - Vandenbrink, Bryan

AU - Ventura, Stefano

AU - Vignisson, Solvi R

AU - Wang, Xiaoyang

AU - Weisser, Wolfgang W

AU - Wijesinghe, Subodini N

AU - Wright, S Joseph

AU - Yang, Chunyan

AU - Yorou, Nourou S

AU - Young, Amanda

AU - Yu, Douglas W

AU - Zakharov, Evgeny V

AU - Hebert, Paul D N

AU - Roslin, Tomas

AU - Ovaskainen, Otso

N1 - © 2024. The Author(s).

PY - 2024/7/25

Y1 - 2024/7/25

N2 - Fungi are among the most diverse and ecologically important kingdoms in life. However, the distributional ranges of fungi remain largely unknown as do the ecological mechanisms that shape their distributions1,2. To provide an integrated view of the spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi, we implemented a globally distributed standardized aerial sampling of fungal spores3. The vast majority of operational taxonomic units were detected within only one climatic zone, and the spatiotemporal patterns of species richness and community composition were mostly explained by annual mean air temperature. Tropical regions hosted the highest fungal diversity except for lichenized, ericoid mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi, which reached their peak diversity in temperate regions. The sensitivity in climatic responses was associated with phylogenetic relatedness, suggesting that large-scale distributions of some fungal groups are partially constrained by their ancestral niche. There was a strong phylogenetic signal in seasonal sensitivity, suggesting that some groups of fungi have retained their ancestral trait of sporulating for only a short period. Overall, our results show that the hyperdiverse kingdom of fungi follows globally highly predictable spatial and temporal dynamics, with seasonality in both species richness and community composition increasing with latitude. Our study reports patterns resembling those described for other major groups of organisms, thus making a major contribution to the long-standing debate on whether organisms with a microbial lifestyle follow the global biodiversity paradigms known for macroorganisms4,5.

AB - Fungi are among the most diverse and ecologically important kingdoms in life. However, the distributional ranges of fungi remain largely unknown as do the ecological mechanisms that shape their distributions1,2. To provide an integrated view of the spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi, we implemented a globally distributed standardized aerial sampling of fungal spores3. The vast majority of operational taxonomic units were detected within only one climatic zone, and the spatiotemporal patterns of species richness and community composition were mostly explained by annual mean air temperature. Tropical regions hosted the highest fungal diversity except for lichenized, ericoid mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi, which reached their peak diversity in temperate regions. The sensitivity in climatic responses was associated with phylogenetic relatedness, suggesting that large-scale distributions of some fungal groups are partially constrained by their ancestral niche. There was a strong phylogenetic signal in seasonal sensitivity, suggesting that some groups of fungi have retained their ancestral trait of sporulating for only a short period. Overall, our results show that the hyperdiverse kingdom of fungi follows globally highly predictable spatial and temporal dynamics, with seasonality in both species richness and community composition increasing with latitude. Our study reports patterns resembling those described for other major groups of organisms, thus making a major contribution to the long-standing debate on whether organisms with a microbial lifestyle follow the global biodiversity paradigms known for macroorganisms4,5.

KW - Seasons

KW - Fungi/genetics

KW - Phylogeny

KW - DNA, Fungal/genetics

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Air Microbiology

KW - Temperature

KW - Spatio-Temporal Analysis

KW - Spores, Fungal/isolation & purification

KW - Mycorrhizae/genetics

U2 - 10.1038/s41586-024-07658-9

DO - 10.1038/s41586-024-07658-9

M3 - Article

C2 - 38987593

VL - 631

SP - 835

EP - 842

JO - Nature

JF - Nature

SN - 1476-4687

IS - 8022

ER -