Variables of soil chemistry (orange bars) are represented by nutrient availability, pH and soil organic matter content and variables of climatic conditions (blue bars) are represented by relative humidity, soil moisture content, air and soil temperature, as well as precipitation Publisher's note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. 2 Partial least squares (PLS) correlation loading plots for models explaining relationships between biomass of different fungal guilds in relation to a all environmental variables, b soil properties and c variables related to climatic conditions. [Extracted from the article]