Claim · #6494525
Ganoderma australe · mutualism · Erythrorchis ochobiensis
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wood-rotting Ganoderma australe and the edible shiitake mushroom Lentinus edodes”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophic orchids are documented associating with wood-decay Basidiomycetes (including Ganoderma/Lentinus) as mycorrhizal hosts; the mechanism and regional context are biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Mycoheterotrophic/achlorophyllous orchids associating with wood-decay Basidiomycetes including Ganoderma is documented; Erythrorchis ochobiensis–Ganoderma mycorrhizal association is recorded from Japan.”
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