Ectomycorrhizal colonisation of Sitka spruce [Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr] seedlings in a Scottish plantation forest

Authors: Flynn, D., Newton, A.C. and Ingleby, K.

Journal: Mycorrhiza

Volume: 7

Issue: 6

Pages: 313-317

ISSN: 0940-6360

DOI: 10.1007/s005720050198

Abstract:

The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) colonisation of seedling Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) was examined in an uneven-aged plantation forest in southern Scotland. The extent of ECM colonisation of individual seedlings was 43.8-97.2%, with an overall mean of 80.3 ± 1.1%. A total of 13 ECM morphotypes were differentiated, with 1-4 ECM types colonising an individual seedling. ECM colonisation was dominated by a single species, Tylospora fibrillosa, which accounted for 72.4-97.7% of the ECM colonisation recorded, on a plot mean basis. Other ECM types appeared to be distributed very patchily, only two types (Lactarius sp. and Mycelium radicis atrovirens Melin) exceeding a mean of 10% colonisation in any one plot. No significant correlations were recorded between ECM colonisation and seedling growth, or between ECM colonisation and soil pH, loss-on-ignition, or water content.

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Ectomycorrhizal colonisation of Sitka spruce [Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr] seedlings in a Scottish plantation forest

Authors: Flynn, D., Newton, A.C. and Ingleby, K.

Journal: MYCORRHIZA

Volume: 7

Issue: 6

Pages: 313-317

eISSN: 1432-1890

ISSN: 0940-6360

DOI: 10.1007/s005720050198

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Ectomycorrhizal colonisation of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) seedlings in a Scottish plantation forest.

Authors: Flynn, D., Newton, A. and Ingleby, K.

Journal: Mycorrhiza

Volume: 7

Pages: 313-317

ISSN: 0940-6360

DOI: 10.1007/s005720050198

Abstract:

The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) colonisation of seedling Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) was examined in an uneven-aged plantation forest in southern Scotland. The extent of ECM colonisation of individual seedlings was 43.8–97.2%, with an overall mean of 80.3 ± 1.1%. A total of 13 ECM morphotypes were differentiated, with 1–4 ECM types colonising an individual seedling. ECM colonisation was dominated by a single species, Tylospora fibrillosa, which accounted for 72.4–97.7% of the ECM colonisation recorded, on a plot mean basis. Other ECM types appeared to be distributed very patchily, only two types (Lactarius sp. and Mycelium radicis atrovirens Melin) exceeding a mean of 10% colonisation in any one plot. No significant correlations were recorded between ECM colonisation and seedling growth, or between ECM colonisation and soil pH, loss-on-ignition, or water content.

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