Claim · #6494516
Rhizopogon spp. · mutualism · Sarcodes sanguinea
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Rhizopogon species alone were capable of initiating germination of these plants”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sarcodes sanguinea is a well-documented Rhizopogon-specific monotropoid mycoheterotroph; high fungal specificity for germination is consistent with published literature on this system.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Sarcodes sanguinea is a documented monotropoid mycoheterotroph with obligate Rhizopogon specificity for germination, consistent with known mycoheterotrophic biology and the source quote.”
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