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Title
The Nonphotosynthetic Plant <I>Sarcodes sanguinea</I> (Monotropoideae, Ericaceae
Author
Dirk Redecker
Keywords
monotropoid mycorrhizae, Pterospora andromedea, Rhizopogon, Sarcodes sanguinea, specificity (host), Annette M. Kretzer, Martin I
Description
BSA Plant Images Online - The Nonphotosynthetic Plant Sarcodes sanguinea (Monotropoideae, Ericaceae)
The nonphotosynthetic plant
Sarcodes sanguinea
(Monotropoideae, Ericaceae) receives all its carbon from the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete
Rhizopogon ellenae
(Boletales) that proliferates in its immediate surroundings.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
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copyright: BSA,
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Creation
Created by admin on Oct 23, 2013
Last update
Updated by admin on Oct 23, 2013
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