Record ID No. |
1420 |
Author(s) |
Nouhra E. R., Horton T. R., Cazares E., Castellano M. , 2005 |
Affiliation |
IMBIV (CONICET/UNC), C.C. 495, 5000 Cordoba, Argentina. |
Title |
Morphological and molecular characterization of selected Ramaria mycorrhizae |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Mycorrhiza.15(1): 55-59p. |
Categories |
Ectomycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Morphology |
Sub-subjects |
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Host |
EcM |
Organism |
Ramaria acrisiccescens, R. cyaneigranosa, R. sandaracina, R. celerivirescens and R. flavobrunnescens var. aromatica |
Country |
Argentina, S, America |
Abstracts |
Ramaria species are conspicuous mycorrhizal symbionts of conifers in the Pacific Northwest. Here we collected and identified sporocarps and associated ectomycorrhizae of Ramaria acrisiccescens, R. cyaneigranosa, R. sandaracina, R. celerivirescens and R. flavobrunnescens var. aromatica. An internal transcribed spacer (ITS) - restriction fragment length polymorphism pattern was observed for each of the Ramaria species and used as a diagnostic tool to support the identification of mycorrhizas occurring in mats below the sporocarps. We provide a description of ectomycorrhizae of Ramaria, which exhibit similar macro- and microscopic characteristics such as ramification pattern, coloration, abundance of mycelial strands and emanating hyphae, mantle morphology and chemical reactions of mantle and mycelial strands with KOH, FeSO4 and Melzers reagent. Sequences of the ITS region for each of the species are deposited in the GenBank.. |