Leader: Tālis Gaitnieks Start date: 01.03.2021 End date: 31.12.2025 JCS Latvia's State Forests research programme (agreement No. 5-5.9.1_007q_101_21_79) Project staff Tālis Gaitnieks Publications Lione G., Silbauma L., Kļaviņa D., Canna S., Kenigsvalde K., Jansons J., Gaitnieks T., Gonthier P. 2025. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, cpaf013 Effects of seasonality and climate on the sporulation of single Heterobasidion annosum sensu stricto and H. parviporum fruiting bodies in Norway spruce stands of Latvia DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpaf013 Klavina D., Tedersoo L., Agan A., Zaluma A., Bitenieks K., Polmanis K., Daugaviete M., Gaitnieks T., Drenkhan R. 2023. Fungal Ecology, 65, 101281 Effect of stand thinning, former land use and individual tree parameters on wood inhabiting fungal community composition in young living Norway spruce DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101281 Kļaviņa D., Lione G., Kenigsvalde K., Pellicciaro M., Muižnieks I., Silbauma L., Jansons J., Gaitnieks T., Gonthier P. 2023. Microbial Ecology, 86, 1847-1855 Host-associated Intraspecific Phenotypic Variation in the Saprobic Fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02176-z Zaluma A., Strike Z., Rieksts-Riekstiņš R., Gaitnieks T., Vasaitis R. 2022. Trees, 36, 1507-1514 Long-term pathological consequences of resin tapping wounds on stems of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) DOI: 10.1007/s00468-022-02307-y