AgroEco

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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