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Close Encounters

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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Drosophyllum lusitanicum, the Portuguese Sundew
Cells, Genes & Molecules Ecosystems Featured

How important is meat to a curious carnivorous plant?

Drosophyllum lusitanicum, also known as the Portuguese sundew or dewy pine, is unusual even for carnivorous plants in that it lives in dry environments. Typically, carnivorous plants live in nutrient-poor wetlands, so does it really gain much from carnivory?

by Alun SaltNovember 27, 2019November 27, 2019
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Pinguicula alpina
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Investigating the diet of carnivorous plants

Earlier this year we reported on how it looked like bladderworts were farming their food, as much as hunting it. A paper submitted before those came out adds to the story, by examining the ‘trophic level’ of bladderwort and butterwort prey.

by Alun SaltApril 3, 2019
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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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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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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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Mutualistic ants contribute to tank-bromeliad nutrition
Articles

Mutualistic ants contribute to bromeliad nutrition

It is more advantageous for some bromeliads to obtain ant-derived nutrients via its roots than to eat them.

by AJ CannNovember 15, 2013October 28, 2013
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Ants mediate plant reproductive traits
Annals of Botany

Ants mediate plant reproductive traits

by botanyoneJanuary 31, 2012January 26, 2012
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