| intracellular colonization of rhododendron and vaccinium roots by cenococcum geophilum, geomyces pannorum and meliniomyces variabilis. | four in vitro experiments were set up to verify the colonization potential of ectomycorrhizal (ecm) cenococcum geophilum fr. (strain cge-4), saprotrophic geomyces pannorum (link) sigler & carmichael (gpa-1) and a frequent root-associated, potentially ericoid mycorrhiza (erm)-forming meliniomyces variabilis hambleton & sigler (mva-1) in roots of rhododendron and vaccinium. a typical erm fungus, rhizoscyphus ericae (read) zhuang & korf (rer-1), was included for comparison. all fungal strains intra ... | 2007 | 18062190 |
| reciprocal carbon and nitrogen transfer between an ericaceous dwarf shrub and fungi isolated from piceirhiza bicolorata ectomycorrhizas. | * the overstorey coniferous trees and understorey ericaceous dwarf shrubs of northern temperate and boreal forests have previously been considered to form mycorrhizas with taxonomically and functionally distinct groups of fungi. * here, we tested the hypothesis that meliniomyces variabilis and meliniomyces bicolor, isolated from piceirhiza bicolorata ectomycorrhizas of pine, can function as ericoid mycorrhizal symbionts with vaccinium vitis-idaea. we used split-compartment microcosms to measure ... | 2009 | 19320835 |
| new insights into the mycorrhizal rhizoscyphus ericae aggregate: spatial structure and co-colonization of ectomycorrhizal and ericoid roots. | • fungi in the rhizoscyphus ericae aggregate have been recovered from the roots of co-occurring ericaceous shrubs and ectomycorrhizal trees. however, to date, there is no evidence that the same individual genotypes colonize both hosts, and no information on the extent of the mycelial networks that might form. • using spatially explicit core sampling, we isolated fungi from neighbouring pinus sylvestris (ectomycorrhizal) and vaccinium vitis-idaea (ericoid mycorrhizal) roots and applied intersimpl ... | 2010 | 20618909 |