Traits are inherent properties of organisms, but how are they defined for organismal networks such as mycorrhizal symbioses? Mycorrhizal symbioses are complex and diverse belowground symbioses between plants and fungi that have proved challenging to fit into a unified and coherent trait framework. We propose an inclusive mycorrhizal trait framework that classifies traits as morphological, physiological, and phenological features that have functional implications for the symbiosis. We further classify mycorrhizal traits by location - plant, fungus, or the symbiosis - which highlights new questions in trait-based mycorrhizal ecology designed to charge and challenge the scientific community. This new framework is an opportunity for researchers to interrogate their data to identify novel insights and gaps in our understanding of mycorrhizal symbioses.

Biology Department University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg TX 78539 USA

Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Biotecnología UR Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Universidad del Rosario Bogotá 110151 Colombia

Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE Sangolquí 171103 Ecuador

Department of Biology Mekelle University Mekelle 231 Ethiopia

Department of Biology Okanagan College 1000 KLO Rd Kelowna BC Canada V1Y 4X8

Department of Biology University of Delhi Sri Aurobindo College Delhi 110017 India

Department of Biology University of York York YO10 5DD UK

Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Department of Environmental Studies Dartmouth College Hanover NH 03755 USA

Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 USA

Finding Ada Network Bournemouth BH12 5AG UK

Institute of Ecology Faculty of Sustainability Leuphana University of Lüneburg 21335 Lüneburg Germany

Institute of Environmental Sciences Leiden University Leiden 2333 The Netherlands

Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Vídeňská 1083 142 20 Prague Czech Republic

Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore CA 94550 USA

School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Richland WA 99354 USA

School of Life Sciences The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR 999077

University of Bern Institute of Plant Sciences Berne 3013 Switzerland; Department of Ecology and Multidisciplinary Institute for Environment Studies 'Ramon Margalef' University of Alicante Alicante 03009 Spain

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