title: Comment on "Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism".
abstract: Davison et al. (Reports, 28 August 2015, p. 970) claim that virtual taxa of Glomeromycota show little endemism and that endemism that exists is similar to the levels seen in plant families. We show that this is likely due to the conservative species definition rather than to any ecological pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA. pogon@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D038821:Mycorrhizae; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D013559:Symbiosis