Contrasting below-ground views of an ectomycorrhizal fungal community

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 166; no. 1; pp. 251 - 262
• Main Authors: Koide, Roger T., Xu, Bing, Sharda, Jori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science 01.04.2005; Blackwell Science Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Amanita; Biological and medical sciences; colonized roots; Community structure; Demography; DNA fingerprinting; Economic plant physiology; ectomycorrhizae; ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi; Forest ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungi; microbial colonization; mycelia; Mycelium; Mycology; Mycorrhizae - physiology; mycorrhizal fungi; Parasitism and symbiosis; Pinus - microbiology; Pinus resinosa; Plant physiology and development; Plant Roots - microbiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Root tips; Soil fungi; Soil Microbiology; Species; species composition; species diversity; species richness; Species Specificity; Symbiosis; Symbiosis (nodules, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, mycorrhiza...); Symbiosis; Community structure; Pinus resinosa; Root; Symbiont; colonized roots; ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi; Fungi; Species diversity; mycelia; Spatial distribution; Softwood forest tree; Gymnospermae; Mycorrhiza; Ectomycorrhiza; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; DNA fingerprinting; Mycelium; Species richness; species composition; Thallophyta; Ecological abundance

• Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities have been characterized in a number of ways. Here we compare colonized root-tip and mycelia views of an ectomycorrhizal fungal community. • Ectomycorrhizal fungi, both as mycelia and colonized root tips, were identified in soil samples taken from a pine plantatio...