soil. Short-hyphae mycorrhizas exhibited highly active hydrolytic enzymes, which enable them to increase resource availability and play a pivotal role in nutrient foraging. As temperatures rise, increased soil inorganic nitrogen availability in cold forests favors short-hyphae while suppressing long-rhizomorphs with high carbon retention capacity, potentially reducing soil carbon stability. Our analyses of EcM foraging space and multidimensional mycelial diversity provide new opportunities to predict how EcM hyphal processes respond to climate change.
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