Record ID No. |
4971 |
Author(s) |
Hitoshi Murata, Akiyoshi Yamada, Tsuyoshi Maruyama, Hitoshi Neda , 2014 |
Affiliation |
Department of Applied Microbiology and Mushroom Science, Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Japan, Email: murmur@ffpri.affrc.go.jp |
Title |
Ectomycorrhizas in vitro between Tricholoma matsutake, a basidiomycete that associates with Pinaceae, and Betula platyphylla var. japonica, an early-successional birch species, in cool-temperate forests |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Mycorrhiza (September) |
Categories |
Ectomycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Plantations |
Host |
Pinaceae, Betula platyphylla |
Organism |
Tricholoma matsutake |
Country |
Japan, East Asia |
Abstracts |
Tricholoma matsutake is an ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete that associates with Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere and produces prized “matsutake” mushrooms. We questioned whether the symbiont could associate with a birch that is an early-successional species in boreal, cool-temperate, or subalpine forests. In the present study, we demonstrated that T. matsutake can form typical ectomycorrhizas with Betula platyphylla var. japonica; the associations included a Hartig net and a thin but distinct fungal sheath, as well as the rhizospheric mycelial aggregate “shiro” that is required for fruiting in nature. The in vitro shiro also emitted a characteristic aroma. This is the first report of an ectomycorrhizal formation between T. matsutake and a deciduous broad-leaved tree in the boreal or cool-temperate zones that T. matsutake naturally inhabits. |