Claim · #6494522
Armillaria mellea · mutualism · Gastrodia elata
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Gastrodia elata were mycorrhizal with the wood-rotting pathogen Armillaria mellea”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Gastrodia elata's obligate mycoheterotrophy on Armillaria mellea (following Mycena germination phase) is well-documented in mycology and orchid biology literature; source quote and mechanism are consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Gastrodia elata's obligate mycoheterotrophic dependence on Armillaria spp. (including A. mellea) is well-documented; the Mycena initial-colonization phase and oak-log cultivation system are established in the literature.”
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