Ectomycorrhizal fungi (functional group)

mutualism

• This entity is the subject of mutualism on Epipactis helleborine (Brede en Duinwespenorchis) · effect: beneficial

  “up to 85% of the C acquired by these green orchids was derived from their fungal partners”

  mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Smith S.E., Read D.J. (2008) · Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Third Edition #6494532
• This entity is the subject of mutualism on Sarcodes sanguinea (snowplant) · effect: beneficial

  “these plants are strongly mycoheterotrophic”

  mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Smith S.E., Read D.J. (2008) · Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Third Edition #6494534
• This entity is the subject of mutualism on Betula nana (Arctic dwarf birch) · effect: beneficial

  “the ECM Betula nana assimilated these N sources readily”

  mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Smith S.E., Read D.J. (2008) · Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Third Edition #6494535