Claim · #6494205
Suillus bovinus · mutualism · Pinus sylvestris
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Severance of the connections led to an almost instantaneous decline in plant transpiration”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 381
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Suillus bovinus is a well-documented ECM fungus on Pinus sylvestris; rhizomorph water-transport function and transpiration-decline upon severance is consistent with established ECM hydraulic conductance literature.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Suillus bovinus is a well-documented ECM associate of Pinus sylvestris; rhizomorph water-conductance and transpiration linkage are experimentally supported in mycorrhizal literature.”
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