Claim · model-written summary
One-third of recorded ectomycorrhizal taxa belonged to Russula or Lactarius.
- Taxon
- American Chestnut
Castanea dentatat0 - Interactor
- Russula or Lactariuse0symbiont
- Outcome
- recorded taxae0
- Value
- One-thirde0
Verbatim
e0“One-third of the recorded taxa were representatives of the genera Russula or Lactarius”
t0“American Chestnut”
Title
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Associated with American Chestnut at a Site in Tennessee, USA
Steven L. Stephenson; Mourad Ben Hassine Ben Ali; Adam W. Rollins; et al. Castanea 2017. doi:10.2179/16-101
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Eighteen ectomycorrhizal fungal taxa were recorded from American chestnut roots.
- Observation Oidiodendron maius was recorded among the chestnut-associated fungi, despite prior reports of association only with Ericaceae.
- Observation Cortinarius, Tomentella, and Tricholoma each had two species recorded.
- Observation Russulaceae members appear among the most common and widespread ectomycorrhizal associates of American chestnut in eastern North America, although evidence is preliminary.
Monotropastrum humile