From rhizoids to roots? Experimental evidence of mutualism between liverworts and ascomycete fungi

Annals of Botany

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 221-227

  Kowal, Jill ^a,b,c   Pressel, Silvia ^c   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^c   Bidartondo, Martin I ^a,b   Field, Katie J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon for nutrient exchange; Cephalozia bicuspidata; ericoid mycorrhizal fungi; liverwort; mutualism; mycorrhizas; Pezoloma ericae; plant fungus interactions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FUNGUS; GROWTH; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIVERWORT; MUTUALISM; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOME; SYMBIOSIS; TRACER;

ASCOMYCOTA; CEPHALOZIA BICUSPIDATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERICACEAE; ERICALES; FUNGI; JUNGERMANNIALES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; SCHISTOCHILACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PHOSPHATE;

ASCOMYCETES; LIVERWORT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEPATOPHYTA; PHOSPHATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85042217514     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx126     Document Type: Article

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