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Tag: mycoheterotrophy

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Hungry for fungi: green mycoheterotrophic plants are far more common than previously thought

A surprising number of plants snack on fungi as well as sunshine.

by Laura SkatesFebruary 12, 2021February 12, 2021
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Close Encounters

Basal orchid cheats on its fungal partner

Apostasia nipponica is the first member of the early-diverging orchid clade found to be using this strategy.

by Erin ZimmermanFebruary 10, 2021February 10, 2021
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Epirixanthes
Annals of Botany Featured News in Focus

When a plant loses photosynthesis, what else does it lose?

One of the common features of plants they make their own food. But what happens inside a plant when they stop making their food and eat something else?

by Alun SaltJuly 31, 2019July 29, 2019
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A gnat inside a Thismia flower
Annals of Botany Featured News in Focus

Thismia and its unusual number of specialist relationships.

by Alun SaltJune 14, 2019June 13, 2019
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L. nigricans in Iwata, Nishimuro County, Wakayama prefecture.
News

The flower that never blooms

When a plant gives up photosynthesis, it can find that it’s an advantage to give up a lot more too.

by Dale MayleaJanuary 15, 2018January 15, 2018
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Mixtrophic species
Annals of Botany

Mixotrophy in boreal pyroloids does not vary with tissue age or light level

Pyroloid mixotrophy does not respond plastically to ageing or to light level. This contrasts with the usual view of a convergent evolution with orchids.

by botanyoneOctober 4, 2017October 4, 2017
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Arachnitis uniflora
Annals of Botany

Genetic diversity and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Arachnitis uniflora

by botanyoneJuly 3, 2017July 3, 2017
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Single values for enrichment factors ε13C and ε15N and nitrogen concentrations (mmol g d. wt−1) of partially mycoheterotrophic (PMH) Orchidaceaeand Ericaceae associated with fungi forming ectomycorrhizas and the respective photosynthetic reference plants (REF, n = 1191).
Annals of Botany

It’s not easy being green: ecophysiological patterns of mycoheterotrophy in ectomycorrhizal Orchidaceae and Ericaceae

by botanyoneOctober 9, 2016October 6, 2016
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Saprotrophic fungi and fully mycoheterotrophic orchids
Annals of Botany

Saprotrophic fungi and fully mycoheterotrophic orchids

This study identifies saprotrophic mycorrhizal fungi for seven mycoheterotrophic orchid species growing in four humid and warm subtropical forests in Taiwan

by botanyoneSeptember 9, 2015September 11, 2016
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Complexities of orchid seedling establishment
Annals of Botany

Complexities of orchid seedling establishment (Viewpoint)

A better understanding of germination and seedling establishment is needed for the conservation of vulnerable or threatened orchid populations.

by botanyoneSeptember 2, 2015September 1, 2015
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Novel structure of placenta in a lycophyte
Annals of Botany

Novel structure of placenta in a lycophyte

An examination of an embryo in an underground gametophyte reveals a massive foot with ultrastructural variability comparable to that across major clades.

by botanyoneJanuary 26, 2014January 23, 2014
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Evolution of mycoheterotrophy from mixotrophic ancestors
Taxonomy & Evolution

Evolution of mycoheterotrophy from mixotrophic ancestors

by botanyoneAugust 23, 2010February 12, 2021
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