Title: Multiple mycorrhizal fungi connect the roots of orchid and ash in Newfoundland
Citation: Weerasuriya, N.M., Kukolj, K., Spencer, R., Sveshnikov, D., & Thorn, R.G. (2022). Multiple mycorrhizal fungi connect the roots of orchid and ash in Newfoundland. European Nucleotide Archive. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB47630
Study Site: Newfoundland
Purpose: Showy lady's slipper (Cypripedium reginae Walter, Orchidaceae) and black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marshall, Oleaceae) often co-occur in close proximity in fens in western Newfoundland, Canada. There appear to be multiple fungi that could form a common mycorrhizal network between C. reginae and F. nigra, which might explain their frequent co-occurrence. Transfer of nutrients or carbon between the orchid and ash via one or more of the shared fungal endophytes remains to be demonstrated.
Abstract: Metabarcoding of DNA extracted from root samples of both species following surface sterilization, and others without surface sterilization was used to determine if there were shared fungal endophytes in the roots of both species that could form a common mycorrhizal network between them.
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Further Info: Weerasuriya, N.M., Kukolj, K., Spencer, R., Sveshnikov, D., & Thorn, R.G. (2022). Multiple Fungi May Connect the Roots of an Orchid (Cypripedium reginae) and Ash (Fraxinus nigra) in Western Newfoundland. Frontiers Fungal Biology; 3: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2022.805127
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
Geographical coordinates: North: 49.01, South: 48.94 East: -57.60 West: -57.95
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2019-07-29, End
Date: 2019-08-18
