Ectomycorrhizal fungi diversity in a white sand forest in western Amazonia

AM Vasco-Palacios, J Hernandez, MC Peñuela-Mora… - Fungal Ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The genera Dicymbe and Aldina (Fabaceae) host ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM) and
are common in white sand forests (WSFs), a highly specialized habitat with a high level of …

Pseudomonotes tropenbosii, an Endemic Dipterocarp Tree from a Neotropical terra-firme Forest in Colombian Amazonia That Hosts Ectomycorrhizal Fungi

AM Vasco Palacios, T Boekhout - Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America …, 2022 - Springer
Dipterocarpaceae is an important family of trees in Paleotropics that form ectomycorrhizal
(EcM) symbiosis. In 1995, a Neotropical species, Pseudomonotes tropenbosii, was found in …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarp diversity and discovery of new taxa in Dicymbe monodominant forests of the Guiana Shield

TW Henkel, MC Aime, MML Chin, SL Miller… - Biodiversity and …, 2012 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi historically were considered poorly represented in Neotropical
forests but in the central Guiana Shield substantial areas are dominated by leguminous …

The Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community in a Neotropical Forest Dominated by the Endemic Dipterocarp Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea

ME Smith, TW Henkel, JK Uehling, AK Fremier… - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) plants and fungi can be diverse and abundant in certain tropical
ecosystems. For example, the primarily paleotropical ECM plant family Dipterocarpaceae is …

Caryophyllales are the main hosts of a unique set of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Neotropical dry forest

J Alvarez-Manjarrez, R Garibay-Orijel, ME Smith - Mycorrhiza, 2018 - Springer
The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis was long thought to be restricted to temperate forests.
However, as tropical forests have been explored, it has become clear that these habitats …

Low diversity and high host preference of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Western Amazonia, a neotropical biodiversity hotspot

L Tedersoo, A Sadam, M Zambrano… - The ISME …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Information about the diversity of tropical microbes, including fungi is relatively
scarce. This study addresses the diversity, spatial distribution and host preference of …

[PDF][PDF] Survay of an ectotrophic sand dune forest in the northeast Brazil

MA Sulzbacher, AJ Giachini, T Grebenc, BD Silva… - …, 2013 - eprints.gozdis.si
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) species are poorly known from tropical lowlands of South America.
Recent systematic surveys in the reserve Parque Estadual das Dunas do Natal, in the state …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L. mature trees and seedlings in the neotropical coastal forests of Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles)

S Séne, R Avril, C Chaintreuil, A Geoffroy, C Ndiaye… - Mycorrhiza, 2015 - Springer
We studied belowground and aboveground diversity and distribution of ectomycorrhizal
(EM) fungal species colonizing Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.(seagrape) mature trees and …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and community structure on three co‐occurring leguminous canopy tree species in a Neotropical rainforest

ME Smith, TW Henkel, M Catherine Aime… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis was historically considered restricted to the temperate
zones, but recent studies have shown the importance of this symbiosis across the tropics …

Diversity and distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi from Amazonian lowland white‐sand forests in Brazil and French Guiana

M Roy, H Schimann, R Braga‐Neto, RAE Da Silva… - Biotropica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
White‐sand forests are thought to host many ectomycorrhizal fungi, as demonstrated by the
numerous fruiting body collections made by Rolf Singer in the lower Rio Negro in the late …