AgroEco

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Glomus group A · mutualism · Botrychium lanceolatum

mutualism · effect: beneficial

mutualistOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“forming mycorrhizas simultaneously with the achlorophyllous gametophyte and the leafy sporophyte generations”
Authors
Smith S.E., Read D.J.
Year
2008
Publication
Academic Press / Elsevier

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Botrychium gametophytes are mycoheterotrophic and well-documented to host AM fungi; simultaneous colonization of achlorophyllous gametophyte and sporophyte enabling C transfer is biologically consistent with published Botrychium-AMF literature.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Glomus-group AM fungi colonizing achlorophyllous Botrychium gametophytes and sporophytes simultaneously is well-documented; cross-generational C transfer via mycorrhizal networks is biologically consistent.”

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