Objective: To evaluate whether or not the spores of edible fungus Laccaria laccata (Scop.) Cooke encapsulated in a lyophilized biopolymeric matrix chitosan-xanthan can cause ectomycorrhization Pinus greggii Englem. trees under greenhouse conditions. Methodology: Spores ectomycorrhizal L. were beads made with biopolymer. The embedded analyzed using scanning electron microscopy to possible struct...

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECMF) are an important biotic factor in the survival of conifer seedlings under stressful conditions and therefore have the potential to facilitate conifer establishment into alpine and tundra habitats. In order to assess patterns of ectomycorrhizal availability and community structure above treeline, we conducted soil bioassays in which Picea mariana (black spruce) seedl...

We have collected sporocarps and tuberculate ectomycorrhizae of both Rhizopogon vinicolor and Rhizopogon vesiculosus from three 50 x 100 m plots located at Mary's Peak in the Oregon Coast Range (USA); linear map distances between plots ranged from c. 1 km to c. 5.5 km. Six and seven previously developed microsatellite markers were used to map the approximate size and distribution of R. vinicolo...