Background Conservation through reserves alone is now considered unlikely to achieve
protection of plant species necessary to mitigate direct losses of habitat and the pervasive …

Orchid mycorrhizas are mutualistic interactions between fungi and members of the
Orchidaceae, the world's largest plant family. The majority of the world's orchids are …

Scientific interest in orchid mycorrhizas, the symbiotic association between orchid roots and
fungi, continues to grow. Advances in molecular identification techniques have enabled the …

The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi associated with an introduced weed-like South African
orchid (Disa bracteata) and a disturbance-intolerant, widespread, native West Australian …

Orchid mycorrhizas (OM) are symbiotic interactions between fungi and terrestrial, epiphytic
or lithophytic species of the Orchidaceae. In the association, fungal hyphae enter …

In addition to orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OrMF), the roots of orchids harbour plant fungal
endophytes termed root-associated fungi (RAF). In the present study, the endangered …

Orchids, particularly terrestrial taxa, rely mostly on basidiomycete fungi in the Cantharellales
and Sebacinales that trigger the process of seed germination and/or initiate the full …

Abstract Background and Aims Mycorrhizal specialization has been shown to limit
recruitment capacity in orchids, but an increasing number of orchids are being documented …

Many adult orchids, especially photoautotrophic species, associate with a diverse range of
mycorrhizal fungi, but little is known about the temporal changes that might occur in the …

We used ITS-RFLP and sequence analysis to determine the identities of the fungal
endophytes of six terrestrial orchid species from southeastern Queensland, a region …