The order Ericales is a worldwide group of closely related families, perhaps best known in the UK by the Ericaceae family – heathland plants such as Calluna (heather), Vaccinium (bilberry)…
Monotropoid
Until fairly recently the mycorrhizal association formed by plants of the Montropaceae were classified as arbutoid. However, fundamental differences were noted and resulted in a new category of mycorrhiza being…
Arbuscular Endomycorrhizal
Arbuscular (AM) endomycorrhizas are the most common type of mycorrhizal association, and were probably the first to evolve; the fungi are members of the Glomeromycota. In other textbooks you may…
Arbuscular Endomycorrhizal
Arbuscular (AM) endomycorrhizas are the most common type of mycorrhizal association, and were probably the first to evolve; the fungi are members of the Glomeromycota. In other textbooks you may…
Ectendomycorrhizal
Until fairly recently the mycorrhizal association formed by plants of the Montropaceae were classified as arbutoid. However, fundamental differences were noted and resulted in a new category of mycorrhiza being…
Orcidaceous
The Orchidaceae is one of the largest families in the plant kingdom, with more than 20,000 species identified, most distributed in the tropics and subtropics. Of the European species, of…
Arbutoid
Arbutoid mycorrhizas are, like those of Ericoid and Monotropoid mycorrhizas, found in the plant order Ericales. Like ericoid mycorrhizas, the family Ericaceae is represented, with arbutoid mycorrhizas being formed in…
Ectomycorrhizal
Compared to arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM), the range of plants colonised by ectomycorrhizas (ECM) is relatively small. A mere 3% of phanerogams (seed plants) are ECM, all of which are woody…
