Mycorrhizal associations of ferns and lycopods of central Veracruz, Mexico
We studied the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate fungi (DSF) in two lycopods and 23 ferns species collected from the tropical montane cloud forest in central Veracruz, Mexico. This is the first report of the mycorrhizal status for 17 species. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were prese...
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Published in | Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 85 - 92 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
01.02.2015
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Summary: | We studied the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate fungi (DSF) in two lycopods and 23 ferns species collected from the tropical montane cloud forest in central Veracruz, Mexico. This is the first report of the mycorrhizal status for 17 species. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were present in 11 species (44 %) which characterized by arbuscules and in a further 11 species were found with only hyphae and vesicles. The abundance of AMF in the roots varied with the species, and ranged from 7 % (
Polypodium lepidotrichum
) to 88 % (
Marattia
sp.). Colonization of the roots was not observed in
Asplenium praemorsum
,
A. miradorense
and
Pecluma dispersa.
A
Paris
-type of AMF morphology was dominant, 72 %, while 8 % were found to be of the
Arum
-type and 8 % of the intermediate-type. AMF colonization was accompanied by DSF in 10 species (40 %). This is the first detailed report of AMF and DSE associations of ferns and lycopods from Mexico. |
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ISSN: | 0334-5114 1878-7665 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13199-015-0320-8 |