Claim · #6494530
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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