Claim · #6493997
Fagaceae (family) · mutualism · Basidiomycota (phylum)
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Fagaceae, dominants or co-dominants... are predominantly ECM species”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 192
AI critic verdicts
- horticulturist · plausible
“Fagaceae (oaks, beeches, chestnuts) are well-documented ECM hosts dominant in temperate forests; ectomycorrhizal association with Basidiomycota is taxonomically well-supported.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Fagaceae (oaks, beeches, chestnuts) are well-documented ECM hosts dominated by basidiomycete fungi; mutualism direction and mechanism are textbook-consistent.”
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