title: Re-publication of a translation of 'The vegetative organs of Monotropa hypopitys L.' published by F. Kamienski in 1882, with an update on Monotropa mycorrhizas.
abstract: This paper begins with a brief comparison of Franz Kamienski's 1882 view of the fungus-root associations and nutrition of Monotropa hypopitys with our current understanding. The rest of this paper is a re-publication of Shannon Berch's 1985 translation of Kamienski's breakthrough paper in which it was asserted that Monotropa forms a mutualistic symbiosis and is nourished by fungi associated with the roots of neighbouring trees.
authors.affiliation: Stn Prov Govt, British Columbia Ministry of Forests Research Branch Laboratory, P.O. Box 9536, Victoria, BC V8W 9C4, Canada. shannon.berch@gems7.gov.bc.ca
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Berch
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Massicotte
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Tackaberry
mesh_terms: D029791:Ericaceae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029964:Fagus / Q000382:microbiology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D038821:Mycorrhizae; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D013559:Symbiosis