Saline habitats support both halophilic fungi (having an obligate requirement for salt for their growth) and halotolerant fungi (not needing salt for growth but capable of growth in the presence of salt). Halophilic fungi are exceptional since they are restricted to hypersaline habitats and there is not enough information about these fungi of various types of saline environments. However, due to their co-occurrence with halophilic microorganisms and their wide range of salt tolerance, the ecosystem services provided by halotolerant fungi in saline environments require attention. The fact that halotolerant fungi do not exist as mere inactive resting structures and that they tolerate different strengths of external salt stress are indicative of their sustained ecological roles in saline environments as well as in normal environments experiencing extreme salinity conditions with some regularity. Here, we underscore the need to study halotolerant fungi with more zeal to understand their ecological roles in saline ecosystems.

盐分栖息地支持嗜盐真菌（其生长必须有盐）和耐盐真菌（不需要盐生长，但能够在盐存在下生长）。嗜盐真菌是特殊的，因为它们仅限于高盐生境，并且没有足够的关于各种类型盐环境中的这些真菌的信息。然而，由于它们与嗜盐微生物共存且具有广泛的耐盐性，耐盐真菌在盐分环境中提供的生态系统服务需要引起关注。耐盐真菌不仅仅作为不活跃的休眠结构而存在，而且它们能够耐受不同强度的外部盐胁迫，这一事实表明它们在盐分环境中以及在有规律地经历极端盐分条件的正常环境中发挥着持续的生态作用。在这里，我们强调需要更加热心地研究耐盐真菌，以了解它们在盐分生态系统中的生态作用。