Claim · #6494519
Rhizoctonia spp. · mutualism · Cypripedium arietinum
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“presence of intact (fp) and degenerate (d) pelotons in the same areas of cortical tissue”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia-type fungi forming pelotons with coexisting intact and degenerate stages in orchid cortical cells is the canonical orchid mycorrhiza colonization-digestion cycle, well-documented for Cypripedium.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Coexistence of intact and degenerate pelotons in orchid cortical cells is the textbook hallmark of the orchid mycorrhizal colonization-digestion cycle; source quote directly supports the histological claim.”
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