Claim · #6494521
Thanatephorus cucumeris · mutualism · Spiranthes sinensis
mutualism · effect: context_dependent
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Rhizoctonia repens Unknown morphology (32), Rhizoctonia solani (16)”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia s.l. fungi are well-documented orchid mycorrhizal partners; R. solani / T. cucumeris forming context-dependent mutualism/pathogenism with Spiranthes spp. is biologically established in orchid mycorrhizal literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Rhizoctonia solani (Thanatephorus cucumeris) is well-documented as both a pathogen and an orchid mycorrhizal associate; its occurrence with Spiranthes sinensis is biologically consistent with known Rhizoctonia-orchid symbioses.”
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