Hymenomycetous Species Forming Mycorrhizae with Pinus virginiana
- 1 January 1955
- Vol. 47 (1) , 145-147
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3755764
Abstract
Seedlings of Pinus virginiana grown aseptically for one month in flasks containing Terra-Lite moistened with a suitable nutrient solution were inoculated with mycelial suspensions of several American and Swedish hymenomycetes. After from four to six additional weeks the American isolates of Amanita caesarea A. frostiana,. A. rubescens (depauperate form), and Boletus bicolor, and the Swedish isolates Boletus luteus, B. variegatus, and Rhizopogon roseolus had caused ectotrophic mycorrhizae. The Swedish isolate Cenococcum graniforme did not enter into the mycorrhizal . relationship. It is suggested that together with beta-indoleacetic acid and mycorrhizal fungi the absorbing surface of pine roots could be greatly increased at the time of transplanting from nursery beds. The possibility of interchanging mycorrhizal fungi in various parts of the world is recognized as having important implications.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Notes and Brief ArticlesMycologia, 1953