Claim · model-written summary
Russulaceae members appear among the most common and widespread ectomycorrhizal associates of American chestnut in eastern North America, although evidence is preliminary.
- Taxon
- American chestnut
Castanea dentatae0 - Interactor
- RussulaceaeRussulaceaee0symbiont
- Outcome
- ectomycorrhizal fungie0
- Qualifier
- preliminarye1
- Setting
- eastern North Americae0
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Verbatim
e0“members of the Russulaceae are among the most common and widespread ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with naturally occurring individuals of American chestnut in the forests of eastern North America”
e1“our data are limited and thus are best considered as preliminary”
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 One-third of recorded ectomycorrhizal taxa belonged to Russula or Lactarius.
- Observation Cortinarius, Tomentella, and Tricholoma each had two species recorded.