The cultivable endophytic community of Norway spruce ectomycorrhizas from microhabitats lacking ericaceous hosts is dominated by ericoid mycorrhizal Meliniomyces variabilis

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-292

  Vohník, Martin ^a,b   Mrnka, Libor ^a   Lukešová, Tereza ^a,b   Bruzone, María Clara ^c   Kohout, Petr ^a,b,d   Fehrer, Judith ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cadophora finlandica; Dark septate endophytes; Ectomycorrhiza; Endophytic fungi; Ericaceae; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Meliniomyces bicolor; Rhizoscyphus ericae; Root associated fungi

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CADOPHORA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; RHIZOSCYPHUS ERICAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 84878782214     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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