The diversity of endophytic fungi in the above-ground tissue of two species in Poland.

Endophytes are a large and diverse group of fungi that colonize healthy plant tissues without causing any symptoms. The majority of studies have focused on angiosperm and conifer hosts and few have examined the endophytes of lycophytes. In the present study, we characterized culturable endophytic fungi in two closely related species ( and ) from pine, beech, oak and spruce forests across Poland.