- Myco-heterotrophy (from Gr**** μύκης mykes, "fungus", ἕτερος heteros, "another", "different" and τροφή trophe, "nutrition") is a
symbiotic relationship...
-
significant energy reserves.
Orchids and a few
other groups of
plants are
mycoheterotrophs which depend on
mycorrhizal fungi for
nutrition during germination...
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lilies (Liliales);
rosette and
succulent epiphytes (Asparagales);
mycoheterotrophs (Liliales, Dioscoreales, Pandanales), all in the
lilioid monocots;...
- and
includes only the
species Pterospora andromedea. It
grows as a
mycoheterotroph (relying on
fungi rather than
photosynthesis for nutrients) in coniferous...
- the
energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, and more
specifically a
mycoheterotroph. Its
hosts are in the
Russulaceae family. Most
fungi are mycorrhizal...
- groups,
including tropical shrubs,
lianas and trees,
xerophytic plants,
mycoheterotrophs, as well as
different herbaceous representatives.
Several species in...
- of
orchid which belongs to the
group of
mycoheterotrophic plants.
Mycoheterotrophs are
known for
feeding off of the
roots of
fungal hosts,
instead of...
-
thought to be saprophytic,
these hardy plants are
actually obligate mycoheterotrophs (or epiparasites) that
obtain nutrients from
mycorrhizal networks involving...
- such
structures are not
needed for
collecting sunlight. Instead, this
mycoheterotroph derives both its
energy and
nutrients from
ectomycorrhizal fungi representing...
-
consists of a
flower stalk and roots, both
devoid of chlorophyll. As a
mycoheterotroph,
Thismia Rodwayi is ****ociated with a fungus,
which is the true saprophyte...
