Claim · #6494004
Tuber (genus) · mutualism · ectomycorrhizal trees
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tuber spp.... have broad host ranges”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 209
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tuber spp. are well-documented ascomycetous ECM fungi forming mutualistic symbioses with multiple tree genera (Quercus, Corylus, Pinus, etc.), consistent with the broad-host-range claim.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Tuber spp. are well-documented ascomycetous ECM fungi forming mutualistic symbioses with multiple host tree genera (Quercus, Corylus, Pinus, etc.), consistent with 'broad host ranges'.”
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