Mycorrhizal synthesis between Boletus edulis species complex and rockroses (Cistus sp.)

Mycorrhiza. 2008 Oct;18(8):443-449. doi: 10.1007/s00572-008-0192-3. Epub 2008 Aug 10.

Abstract

Ectomycorrhizas of Boletus aereus, Boletus edulis, and Boletus reticulatus were synthesized with Cistus sp. under laboratory conditions using synthesis tubes filled with a mixture of sterilized peat-vermiculite and nutrient solution. The fungal strains isolated from sporocarps were identified by molecular techniques. The inoculated seedlings were grown for 4-5 months. The ectomycorrhizas formed were described based on standard morphological and anatomical characters. The three ectomycorrhizas described were very similar, with white monopodial-pinnate morphology, a three-layered plectenchymatous mantle on plan view and boletoid rhizomorphs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Basidiomycota / physiology*
  • Cistus / microbiology*
  • Mycorrhizae / growth & development
  • Mycorrhizae / physiology*
  • Species Specificity