Claim · #6494009
Amanita muscaria · mutualism · Picea abies
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“mycorrhiza of Picea abies formed by Amanita muscaria”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 232
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Amanita muscaria is a well-documented ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete; Picea abies is a classic ECM host; Hartig net formation is the defining ECM structural feature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Amanita muscaria is a well-documented ectomycorrhizal fungus forming Hartig nets with Picea abies; this is textbook soil-mycology and the source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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