Temporal turnover of Ceratobasidiaceae orchid mycorrhizal fungal communities with ontogenetic and phenological development in Prasophyllum (Orchidaceae).

An understanding of OMF turnover can have practical importance for the conservation of threatened orchids and their mycorrhizal partners. However, frameworks for classifying OMF turnover should focus on OTUs important to the life cycle of the host plant, which we suggest are likely to be those that are frequently detected or functionally significant.