Evidence for novel and specialized mycorrhizal parasitism: The orchid Gastrodia confusa gains carbon from saprotrophic Mycena

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 761-767

  Ogura Tsujita, Yuki ^a   Gebauer, Gerhard ^b   Hashimoto, Toshimasa ^c   Umata, Hidetaka ^d   Yukawa, Tomohisa ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mycenaceae; Myco heterotrophy; Parasite; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; HETEROTROPHY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PARASITISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAPROTROPHY;

FUNGI; GASTRODIA; MONOTROPA UNIFLORA; MYCENA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 58249101035     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1225     Document Type: Article

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