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Govindarajula et al 2005. From Leake et al. 2004. From Leake et al. 2004. Root-free chambers Used to estimate respiration due to AM mycorrhizal ER mycelium (fig from Leake et al. 2004) . Visualized carbon transfer in 14 C labeled AM plants. Each plant targets a particular fungal lineage.
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Root-free chambers Used to estimate respiration due to AM mycorrhizal ER mycelium (fig from Leake et al. 2004)
Each plant targets a particular fungal lineage Basidiomycetes Monotropes (Ericaceae)
Cryptothallus is a non-photosynthetic thalloid liverwort found below the soil surface in ectomycorrhizal forests. And uses two Tulasnella species to acquire its carbon from surrounding pines or birch. Bidartondo et al. 2003 Proc. R. Soc. London, B.
Arachnitis grows in the understory of Andean forests and uses a particular Glomus sp. to acquire its carbon from surrounding plants Bidartondo et al. 2002 Nature 419: 389-392.