| is the prominent ericoid mycorrhizal fungus rhizoscyphus ericae absent in the southern hemisphere's ericaceae? a case study on the diversity of root mycobionts in gaultheria spp. from northwest patagonia, argentina. | ericaceae diversity hotspots are in the mountains of the neotropics and papua new guinea, south africa's fynbos and southeast asia but majority of references to their root mycobionts come from the northern hemisphere. here, typical cultivable ericoid mycorrhizal (erm) fungi comprise rhizoscyphus ericae, meliniomyces variabilis, and oidiodendron maius. it is however unclear whether this is true also for the southern hemisphere. our study focused on cultivable mycobionts from hair roots of gaulthe ... | 2015 | 24838300 |