Journal
FOLIA GEOBOTANICA
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 373-386Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-011-9098-5
Keywords
Dark septate endophytes; Ericaceae; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Hair roots; Phialocephala fortinii; Rhizoscyphus ericae
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- Institute of Botany ASCR [AV0Z60050516]
- Charles University in Prague [SVV 261209/2010]
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Ericaceae associate with a wide spectrum of root mycobionts, but the most common are ascomycetous ericoid mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes (DSE), followed by basidiomycetous fungi and glomeracean arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. We investigated distribution and morphological diversity of ericoid mycorrhizae (ErM), DSE associations, ectomycorrhizae (EcM) and arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) in hair roots of six European native Rhododendron species and found that i) while EcM and AM were absent, ErM and DSE associations were simultaneously present in all screened plants; ii) their levels were negatively correlated, suggesting Ericaceae preference for certain root-fungus association in certain habitats; iii) the highest ErM colonization occurred at sites in southern and central Europe, while the highest DSE colonization was found in a subarctic site in northern Finland and in a subalpine site in the Carpathians, suggesting a latitudinal/altitudinal shift in Ericaceae root-fungus associations; iv) some mycelia could simultaneously form structures corresponding to ErM and DSE association, which occasionally resulted in a unique ectendomycorrhizal colonization comprising an intercellular parenchymatous net and intracellular hyphal coils. These results indicate frequent interactions between ErM fungi and DSE in roots of European rhododendrons and a morphological continuum between ErM and DSE associations. The new ectendomycorrhizal type deserves further investigation.
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