Rhizopogon amylopogon
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Rhizopogon amylopogon is a sub-genus of Rhizopogon containing seven species.[1]
Sub-genus Amylopogon are ectomycorrhizal fungi categorized as monotropoid mycorrhiza.[2] These fungi are characterized by the presence of a mantle, Hartig net, unique fungal peg, and intracellular hyphal complexes.[3] They are also classified by a specific and obligate symbiosis with members of Monotropoideae through a process known as myco-heterotrophy.[1][4][5] Monotropoideae species depend on Amylopogon fungi for carbon which they in turn acquire from members of Pinus in a host specific tripartite Hartig net exchange.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dowie, Nicholas J.; Grubisha, Lisa C.; Burton, Brent A.; Klooster, Matthew R.; Miller, Steven L. (2017-01-02). "Increased phylogenetic resolution within the ecologically important Rhizopogon subgenus Amylopogon using 10 anonymous nuclear loci". Mycologia. 109 (1): 35–45. doi:10.1080/00275514.2017.1285165. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 28402794. S2CID 12476105.
- ^ Smith SE, Read DJ (1997) Mycorrhizal symbiosis, 2nd edn. Academic Press, London
- ^ Massicotte, H. B.; Melville, L. H.; Peterson, R. L. (March 2005). "Structural features of mycorrhizal associations in two members of the Monotropoideae, Monotropa uniflora and Pterospora andromedea". Mycorrhiza. 15 (2): 101–110. doi:10.1007/s00572-004-0305-6. ISSN 0940-6360. PMID 15490255. S2CID 22755260.
- ^ THOMAS D. BRUNS and DAVID J. READ (2000) In vitro germination of nonphotosynthetic,myco-heterotrophic plants stimulated by fungi isolated from the adult plants, New Phytology, 148, 335 - 342
- ^ Bidartendo MI, Bruns TD (2002) Fine-level mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): specificity for fungal species groups. Mol Ecol 11:557–569