Claim · #6494524
Erythromyces crocicreas · mutualism · Galeola altissima
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“achlorophyllous liane in which the mycorrhizal associate is another wood-destroying fungus, Erythromyces crocicreas”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mycoheterotrophy of achlorophyllous orchids on wood-decay basidiomycetes is well-documented; Galeola spp. associating with saprotrophic fungi matches established tritrophic orchid mycorrhiza literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Mycoheterotrophic orchids parasitizing wood-decay fungi (Erythromyces crocicreas) is well-documented; source quote directly supports the fungal-orchid mycorrhizal association claim.”
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