Ectomycorrhizal fungi detected on the roots of Guyana rainforest host plants
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Identities based on BLAST searches conducted on ITS sequences.
Diversity and Genbank ITS numbers of 118 ECM fungi identified from roots of three sympatric host plants in Smith et al. (2011) Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and community structure on three co-occurring leguminous canopy tree species in a Neotropical rainforest. New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03844.x (see PDF)
| ECM IDENTITY | VOUCHER | HOST PLANT(S) | ROOT MORPHOTYPE | BEST BLAST MATCH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaricales sp. 1 | 70824 (TH58) | putative Mora gongrijpii | white tomentose | Mycena amicta | 359/413 (86%) |
| Boletellus-like sp. 1 | 30815 (TH15) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white tomentose pinnate | Boletellus sp. TAA195080 | 484/673 (71%) |
| Boletaceae sp. 1 | 2086 (TH6) | D. altsonii, D. corymbosa | white coralloid ‘popcorn’ | Boletus frostii | 548/678 (80%) |
| Boletaceae sp. 2 | 30826 (TH26) | Dicymbe corymbosa | fine yellow smooth | Xerocomus ferrugineus | 395/476 (82%) |
| Boletaceae sp. 3 | 2084 (TH4) | Dicymbe jenmanii | fine white clusters | Tylopilus felleus | 423/508 (83%) |
| Chalciporus sp. 1 | 30819 (TH19) | Dicymbe corymbosa | w/ Chalciporoid sporocarp | Chalciporus piperatus | 437/507 (86%) |
| Clavulinaceae sp. 1 | 70802 (TH36) | Dicymbe corymbosa | black strigose | Clavulina sp. KGP89 | 704/822 (85%) |
| Clavulinaceae sp. 2 | 70812 (TH46) | Dicymbe corymbosa | – | Clavulinaceae sp. F46 | 674/800 (84%) |
| Corticiales sp. 1 | 70815 (TH49) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white gelatinous | Xenasmatella aff. ardosiaca | 689/751 (91%) |
| Cortinarius sp. 1 | 2082 (TH2) | D. altsonii, D. jenmanii | coarse white elongate | Cortinarius percomis | 627/708 (88%) |
| Cortinarius sp. 2 | 30816 (TH16) | Dicymbe corymbosa | coarse white elongate | Cortinarius amazonicus | 509/539 (94%) |
| Entoloma sp. 1 | 70823 (TH57) | putative Mora gongrijpii | white tomentose | Entoloma nitidum | 598/770 (77%) |
| Lactarius sp. 1 | 30825 (TH25) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white smooth sparse | Lactarius pterosporus | 661/725 (91%) |
| Lactarius sp. 2 | 30813b (TH13) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white-tan fuzzy | Lactarius longisporus | 532/658 (80%) |
| Lactarius sp. 3 | 30831b (TH32) | Aldina insignis | fine white smooth | Lactarius romagnesii | 320/350 (91%) |
| Phylloporus sp. 2 | 70811 (TH45) | Dicymbe corymbosa | – | Phylloporus rhodoxanthus | 465/546 (85%) |
| Russula sp. 1 | 70818 (TH52) | D. altsonii, D. corymbosa | bright yellow granular | Russula parazurea | 653/768 (85%) |
| Russula sp. 2 | 2081 (TH1) | Dicymbe jenmanii | tan strigose | Russula sp. FH.H.ES04.F1.SY | 423/491 (86%) |
| Russula sp. 3 | 30828 (TH28) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white fuzzy | EM root of Neea sp. (Russulaceae) | 653/681 (95%) |
| Russula sp. 4 | 70804 (TH39) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white granular | Russula nigricans | 643/757 (84%) |
| Russula sp. 5 | 70821 (TH55) | Dicymbe corymbosa | white granulose clusters | Russula marangania | 407/480 (84%) |
| Russula sp. 6 | 70806 (TH41) | Dicymbe corymbosa | rust brown | Russula vesca | 739/841 (87%) |
| Sebacinales sp. 1 | 70803a (TH37) | Dicymbe corymbosa | strigose | Sebacina aff. epigaea | 586/636 (92%) |
| Thelephoraceae sp. 1 | 30823 (TH23) | Dicymbe corymbosa | black tomentelloid | Tomentella sp. TU103663 | 566/619 (91%) |
| Thelephoraceae sp. 2 | 30818 (TH18) | Dicymbe corymbosa | brown tometelloid | Tomentella sp. TU103663 | 638/694 (91%) |
| Thelephoraceae sp. 3 | 2088 (TH8) | putative Dicymbe altsonii | brown tometelloid | Tomentella sp. TU103663 | 706/755 (93%) |
| Thelephoraceae sp. 4 | 70817 (TH51) | Aldina insignis | long thin black | Tomentella cf. sublilacina | 475/529 (89%) |
| Truncocolumella sp. 1 | 70808 (TH43) | Dicymbe corymbosa | – | Truncocolumella rubra | 472/571 (82%) |
| Tylopilus potamogeton v. irengensis | 30821 (TH21) | Dicymbe corymbosa, putative M. gongrijpii | loose white smooth | Match to sporocarp | – |
| Xerocomus sp. 1 | 30812 (TH11) | Dicymbe corymbosa | fine white smooth | Xerocomus sp. MHM129 | 308/343 (89%) |