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Mycorrhizal-like interaction between gametophytes and young sporophytes of the fern Dryopteris muenchii (Filicales) and its fungal endophyte.

The morphology of a Glomus-like fungus-host interaction in chlorophyllous gametophytes and young apogamic sporophytes of Dryopteris muenchii A.R. Sm. was studied from ferns cultivated in laboratory, using soil as substrate. An aseptate fungus colonized the gametophytes' tissue through the rhizoids,...

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Published in:Revista de Biología Tropical Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 1101 - 1108
Main Authors: Reyes-Jaramillo, Irma, Camargo-Ricalde, Sara Lucía, de los Ángeles Aquiahuatl-Ramos, Ma.
Format: Article
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica sep2008
Subjects:
Fungal morphology
Ferns
Fern gametophytes
Polypodiales
Endophytic fungi
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