Mycorrhizal Specificity and Function in Myco-heterotrophic Plants

By D. Taylor, T. Bruns, J. Leake, D. Read. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Cephalanthera longifolia (Neottieae, Orchidaceae) is mixotrophic: a comparative study between green and nonphotosynthetic individuals (2006, unknown): “First, each MH species studied to date showed a high specificity to a different narrow fungal clade (Taylor et al. 2002).”
The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. (2008, background): “Moreover, c. 400 species of Orchids and members of the Ericaceae lack chlorophyll and are completely dependent on soil fungi from which they obtain carbon and nutrients (Taylor et al. 2002).”
The evolutionary ecology of vegetative dormancy in mature herbaceous perennial plants (2009, background): “…specialists on their fungal hosts (Taylor & Bruns 1997; Bidartondo 2005; Ogura-Tsujita et al. 2009), and this specialization contrasts greatly with the generalism often noted in the breadth of mycorrhizal fungi associating with most photosynthetic plants (Molina et al. 1992; Taylor et al. 2002).”
Understanding the Roles of Multifunctional Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi (2006, background): “The Orchidaceae contain the most examples of plants acquiring new lineages of symbiotic fungi, in both myco-heterotrophic and green species ( Taylor et al. 2002; Bidartondo et al. 2004).”
Plants parasitic on fungi: unearthing the fungi in myco-heterotrophs and debunking the ‘saprophytic’ plant myth (2005, background): “, 2004) although the extent of fungal specificity in green orchids in nature appears variable and is unresolved (Taylor et al., 2002).”
Socialism in soil? The importance of mycorrhizal fungal networks for facilitation in natural ecosystems (2009, background): “For instance, several studies showed that Festuca ovina can benefit frommycorrhizal fungi when grown alone but, in competition, its competitive ability is reduced compared with other plants (van der Heijden et al. 1998; Scheublin, Van Logtestijn & Van der Heijden 2007).”
Microbial Endophytes of Orchid Roots (2006, background): “There is century-old debate about the specificity of orchids for mycorrhizal fungi, (see Arditti et al.1990; Rasmussen 1995, 2002; Taylor et al. 2002 for reviews), which applies to non-mycorrhizal endophytes as well.”
Exploring functional definitions of mycorrhizas: Are mycorrhizas always mutualisms? (2004, background): “Thus, mycorrhizas formed in heterotrophic plants are clearly different from others, and at this stage is seems highly unlikely that the symbioses are mutualistic; rather, the plants appear to be parasitic on the fungi, at least for part of their life histories (Smith and Read 1997; Gardes 2002; Tayl”
Variation in mycorrhizal performance in the epiphytic orchid Tolumnia variegata in vitro: the potential for natural selection (2004, background): “Recent molecular evidence suggests that orchid mycorrhizal specificity is common, although there is considerable variation (Taylor et al., 2002; McKendrick et al., 2002; Selosse et al., 2003; Otero et al., 2002, 2004).”