*Manuscript Click here to view linked References 1 Linkages between climate, seasonal wood formation and 2 mycorrhizal mushroom yields 3 Authors: Irantzu Primiciaa,b, J. Julio Camareroc, Juan Martínez de Aragónd, Sergio de- 4 Miguele and José Antonio Bonetd,e 5 6 7 aFaculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences 8 Prague, Kamýcká 129, Praha 6–Suchdol, 16521 Prague, Czech Republic. 9 bDpto. Ciencias del Medio Natural, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de 10 Arrosadía, Pamplona, Spain 11 cInstituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC). Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 12 Zaragoza, Spain 13 dCentre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC-CEMFOR). Ctra. de St. Llorenç 14 de Morunys km 2, E-25280 Solsona, Spain 15 eDepartament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal, Universitat de Lleida- 16 Agrotecnio Center (UdL-Agrotecnio), Avda. Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198 Lleida, 17 Spain. 18 19 Email addresses: Primicia I. (
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[email protected]). 22 23 Corresponding author: Primicia, I. © 2016. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 1 24 Abstract 25 Fungi provide important forest ecosystem services worldwide. In Mediterranean pine 26 forests, predicted warmer and drier conditions could lead to a decline in mushroom yields. 27 Climate is a key factor regulating both tree growth and fungal yields, particularly in drought- 28 prone Mediterranean ecosystems.