Claim · #6494518
Rhizoctonia repens · mutualism · Bletilla striata
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Rhizoctonia repens was the most common endophyte of B. striata”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia repens (teleomorph Tulasnella calospora) is a well-documented orchid mycorrhizal fungus; its dominance as endophyte in Bletilla striata at a field site is biologically consistent with known orchid-mycorrhiza ecology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia repens (anamorph of Tulasnella calospora) is a well-documented orchid mycorrhizal fungus; its dominance as endophyte in Bletilla striata is biologically consistent with known orchid-mycorrhiza specificity literature.”
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