The threatened plant intermediate wintergreen (Pyrola media) associates with a wide range of biotrophic fungi in native Scottish pine woods

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3963-3971

  Toftegaard, Tenna ^a   Iason, Glenn R ^b   Alexander, Ian J ^a   Rosendahl, Søren ^c   Taylor, Andy F S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ericaceae; Fungal community; ITS; Mixotrophy; Mycorrhiza; Native woodland; Pinus sylvestris; Pyrola media

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HOST SPECIFICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; WOODLAND;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PYROLA; PYROLA MEDIA;

EID: 78649729563     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9940-8     Document Type: Article

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