Is rarity of pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) in eastern North America linked to rarity of its unique fungal symbiont?

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 393-402

  Hazard, Christina ^a   Lilleskov, Erik A ^b   Horton, Thomas R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Fungal specificity; Myco heterotrophy; Pterospora andromedea (pinedrops); Rarity; Rhizopogon

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BIOASSAY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ERICACEAE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; HAPLOTYPES; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS; PTEROSPORA ANDROMEDEA; RHIZOPOGON;

EID: 84862178701     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-011-0414-y     Document Type: Article

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