Record ID No. |
2821 |
Author(s) |
Zheng Yu, Gao Bo, Sun Lifu, Bing YanHong, Pei KeQuan. , 2010 |
Affiliation |
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. peikequan@ibcas.ac.cn |
Title |
Diversity of fungi associated with Rhododendron argyrophyllum and R. floribundum hair roots in Sichuan, China. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Biodiversity Science 18(1): 76-82p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Systematics |
Sub-subjects |
Molecular taxonomy |
Host |
Rhododendron argyrophyllum, R. floribundum |
Organism |
Helotiales, Eurotiales, Pezizales, and Pleosporales in Ascomycetes, Sebacinales and Agaricales, Erythrobasidiales, Filobasidiales(Basidiomycetes), EcM, ErM |
Country |
China, Asia |
Abstracts |
We investigated the fungal associates of Rhododendron argyrophyllum and R. floribundum in Sichuan Province. A total of 41 fungal taxa were identified from hair roots based on ITS sequence analyses belonging to the following orders: Helotiales, Eurotiales, Pezizales, and Pleosporales in Ascomycetes, Sebacinales and Agaricales, Erythrobasidiales, and Filobasidiales in Basidiomycetes. Fungal diversity was rich, including ericoid mycorrhizal (ERM), ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and other root-associated fungi. Sebacinales and Helotiales occupied a high proportion of total fungal samples. |