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The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in J apanese C ephalanthera species
Author(s) -
Sakamoto Yuki,
Yamazaki Jun,
Yamada Takayuki,
Yokoyama Jun,
OguraTsujita Yuki,
Maki Masayuki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plant species biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1442-1984
pISSN - 0913-557X
DOI - 10.1111/1442-1984.12124
Subject(s) - biology , botany , mycorrhizal fungi , ribosomal dna , phylogenetics , horticulture , inoculation , biochemistry , gene
The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi among four J apanese C ephalanthera ( O rchidaceae) species was examined at a total of seven sites, based on sequence variation in nuclear ribosomal DNA . This is the first report to detect mycorrhizal fungi in C . subaphylla . Two patterns of mycorrhizal associations were confirmed from our results. C . falcata has lower fungal specificity, associating with Russulaceae, Sebacinales and Thelephoraceae. By contrast, the three C ephalanthera species C . erecta , C . subaphylla , and C . longifolia were associated mainly with T helephoraceae fungi. There is no large difference found in mycobionts between green and albino individuals of C . falcata and no distinct preference of J apanese C ephalanthera species for a specific fungal group of T helephoraceae.