Ectomycorrhizal fungi (functional group)
- Category
- other
- Primary role
- unclassified
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Ectomycorrhizal fungi (functional group).
mutualism 3 claims
- This entity is the subject of mutualism on Epipactis helleborine (Brede en Duinwespenorchis) · effect: beneficial
“up to 85% of the C acquired by these green orchids was derived from their fungal partners”
mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of mutualism on Sarcodes sanguinea (snowplant) · effect: beneficial
“these plants are strongly mycoheterotrophic”
mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of mutualism on Betula nana (Arctic dwarf birch) · effect: beneficial
“the ECM Betula nana assimilated these N sources readily”
mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
Genus-level evidence
4 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Ectomycorrhizal sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Ectomycorrhizal fungi (functional group).
- mutualism · Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) → Pinus sylvestris · effect: beneficial
“biochemical valve ensuring movement in the direction of the fungus”
- mutualism · Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) → Pinus sylvestris · effect: beneficial
“C allocated below ground was consistently greater in ECM than non-mycorrhizal plants”
- mutualism · Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) → Betula pendula · effect: beneficial
“range of inorganic and organic N sources, either non-mycorrhizal (open bars) or ectomycorrhizal”
- parasitism · Pyrolaceae (family) → Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) · effect: harmful
“δ15N and δ13C in leaves of four green pyroloid species”