Where is carbon stored in boreal #forests? It depends on the fungi https://jecologyblog.com/2026/10/20/where-is-carbon-stored-in-boreal-forests-it-depends-on-the-fungi/ paper: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.70446 "fungal richness and composition were significant predictors of tree growth rates and soil carbon concentrations... specific ectomycorrhizal #fungi were linked with faster tree growth and lower soil carbon concentrations... organic nitrogen acquisition by fungi can stimulate tree growth at the expense of the oxidation (and potential loss) of soil carbon"