Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91411-3, published online 26 February 2025

The original version of this Article contained errors.

In the second paragraph of the Discussion states the sentence: “Mature broadleaf trees tended to host EMF communities with lower alpha diversity, but higher structural dissimilarity compared to saplings and juveniles, consistent with previous studies.”

Now reads: “Mature broadleaf trees tended to host EMF communities with higher alpha diversity and lower community dissimilarity compared to saplings and juveniles, consistent with previous studies.”

The original Article has been corrected.