Ectomycorrhizal association of three Lactarius species with Carpinus and Quercus trees in a Mexican montane cloud forest.
Ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi are being monitored in the Santuario del Bosque de Niebla in the central region of Veracruz (eastern Mexico). Based on the comparison of DNA sequences (ITS rDNA) of spatiotemporally co-occurring basidiomes and EM root tips, we discovered the EM symbiosis of Lactarius indigo, L. areolatus and L. strigosipes with Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus xalapensis and Quercus spp. The host of the EM tips was identified by comparison of the large subunit of the ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase gene (rbcL). Descriptions coupled with photographs of ectomycorrhizas and basidiomes are presented.
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Unidad Académica el Cerrillo, Piedras Blancas, México. valentinalm002@gmail.com
Valentina
V
Lamus
Leticia
L
Montoya
Carlos J
CJ
Aguilar
Victor M
VM
Bandala
David
D
Ramos
D001483:Base Sequence; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029401:Betulaceae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D025301:Hyphae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018519:Meristem / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008800:Mexico; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010802:Phylogeny; D029963:Quercus / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013559:Symbiosis; D014197:Trees
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase