Novel Root-Fungus Symbiosis in Ericaceae: Sheathed Ericoid Mycorrhiza Formed by a Hitherto Undescribed Basidiomycete with Affinities to Trechisporales

• Martin Vohník ,

  * E-mail: martin.vohnik@ibot.cas.cz

  Affiliations Department of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Jesse J. Sadowsky,

  Current address: Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic

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• Petr Kohout,

  Current address: Institute of Ecology and Earth Science, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

  Affiliations Department of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Zuzana Lhotáková,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Rolf Nestby,

  Affiliation Bioforsk Grassland and Landscape Division, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Stjørdal, Norway

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• Miroslav Kolařík

  Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics, Physiology and Bioengineering of Fungi, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

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