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Using high-throughput ITS sequencing and physicochemical analyses, we investigated litter-inhabiting fungal communities across four stand types on the Jingpo Lake lava plateau\u2014shrub forest (SF), deciduous broad-leaved forest (DB), coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest (CB), and coniferous forest (CF)\u2014at the early (t1) and late (t2) stages of decomposition. The results showed significant differences in litter physical and chemical properties among forest stand types (p &lt; 0.05). Regarding community composition, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota dominated throughout, and the core genera were primarily unclassified_o__Helotiales, Mortierella, and unclassified_k__Fungi. Alpha diversity analysis showed that DB had the highest Shannon and Pielou-e indices at stage t1, while CB exhibited higher OTUs and Chao1 indices at stage t2. Beta diversity showed that SF communities were significantly separated between the two stages. Co-occurrence networks showed the highest connectivity in CF with pronounced modularity. Notably, LEfSe analysis revealed that DB had the fewest biomarkers, suggesting matrix heterogeneity suppresses single-taxon dominance. Functionally, saprotrophs dominated initially but transitioned toward complex soil saprotroph and endophyte assemblages over time. Redundancy analysis (RDA) identified litter moisture content (LMC) and carbon (C) content as primary drivers, orchestrating a systematic shift in community assembly from \u201cmoisture-driven colonization\u201d at t1 to \u201ccarbon quality screening\u201d at t2. 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