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Tag: mycorrhiza

Taxonomy & Evolution

No need for orchids: mycorrhizal fungi do not depend on their hosts in Australia

Several fungi had distributions extending into central and northern parts of the continent, illustrating their tolerance of an extraordinarily wide range of environmental conditions.

by Juniper KissJuly 7, 2021July 1, 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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Reviews

Merlin’s magnificent mushroom masterpiece

A fascinating book examines fungi not as something apart from the rest of the world, but as something intertwined with other life on the planet.

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 9, 2021January 4, 2021
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Close Encounters

Spider orchid conservation: the importance of serendipitous fungi

Mycorrhizal fungi can be isolated from related common species to propagate threatened Caladenia.

by Juniper KissJune 25, 2020June 25, 2020
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Growth & Development Taxonomy & Evolution

Going below ground: how some of the diversity in plant root morphology arose

A major transition in plant growth habit may have driven evolution of certain root traits

by Liam ElliottJune 17, 2020June 17, 2020
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Ecosystems

Orchid conservation must be guided by an understanding of their ecology

What makes orchids unique can also make saving them a challenge.

by Erin ZimmermanMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020
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Diagram of fungus types
Featured Plant Cuttings

How fungi oxygenated the Earth

by Nigel ChaffeyApril 3, 2018April 4, 2018
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The orchid Pterostylis revoluta
Annals of Botany

Orchid populations and endophytic fungi change with rainfall and prescribed burning in Pterostylis

by botanyoneMarch 9, 2018March 5, 2018
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Books SOTWF18

Meet the real fungi…

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 8, 2018September 10, 2018
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Articles Featured

Plant records: Can a plant be too trusting?

by Nigel ChaffeyDecember 21, 2017December 22, 2017
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Featured Plant Cuttings

Experiments versus real-world studies

How close are experiments to nature? The answer isn’t clean cut, partly because nature is messy.

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 7, 2017November 7, 2017
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Epipactis neglecta at forest site 9 in the Nördliche Frankenalb in July 2009
Annals of Botany

An orchid with a partially mycoheterotrophic taste for truffles

by botanyoneJune 5, 2017June 5, 2017
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Colletotrichum lindemuthianum
Plant Cuttings

Colletotrichum comes good

A relative of a notorious fungus that infests beans may have positive advantages for some other plants.

by Nigel ChaffeyAugust 2, 2016October 10, 2017
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Phytic Acid
Plant Cuttings

Plants, given a helping hand

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 5, 2016January 5, 2016
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