Claim · #6492655
Glomeromycota (phylum) · parasitism · Gentianaceae (family)
parasitism · effect: context_dependent
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“mycorrhizas in roots of achlorophyllous members of the Burmanniaceae and Gentianaceae are formed by members of the Glomeromycota”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press (Elsevier)
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly supports the claim; mycoheterotrophic Burmanniaceae exploiting Glomeromycota for carbon (reverse of normal mutualism) is well-documented and biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“AMF (Glomeromycota) forming mycorrhizas with achlorophyllous Burmanniaceae is documented; mycoheterotrophy on AM fungi in these families is well-established in literature.”
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