Rangewide analysis of fungal associations in the fully mycoheterotrophic Corallorhiza striata complex (Orchidaceae) reveals extreme specificity on ectomycorrhizal Tomentella (Thelephoraceae) across North America

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 628-643

  Barrett, Craig F ^a   Freudenstein, John V ^a   Lee Taylor, D ^b   Kõljalg, Urmas ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cophylogeny; Corallorhiza striata; Geographic mosaic; Mycoheterotrophy; Mycorrhiza; Orchidaceae; Parasite; Phylogenetics; Plastid dna; Thelephoraceae; Tomentella

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; HETEROTROPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MYCOPARASITE; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CORALLORRHIZA STRIATA; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; THELEPHORACEAE; TOMENTELLA;

EID: 77950175156     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900230     Document Type: Article

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