– Enlarged view – |
• references | |
Agerer R, Klostermeyer D, Steglich W (1995) Piceirhiza nigra: An ectomycorrhiza on Picea formed by a species of Thelephoraceae. New Phytol 131: 377-380. Berg B (1989) Charakterisierung und Vergleich von Ektomykorrhizen gekalkter Fichtenbestände. Diss Univ München. Berg B, Gronbach E (1988) Piceirhiza nigra. In Agerer R (ed) Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae, plate 19, Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Franz F (1994) Ektomykorrhizen der Fichte: Identifizierung, Ultrastruktur und Mikroelementanalyse (EELS, ESI). Diss Univ Bayreuth. Gronbach E (1988) Charakterisierung und Identifizierung von Ektomykorrhizen in einem Fichtenbestand mit Untersuchungen zur Merkmalsvariabilität in sauer beregneten Flächen. Bibl Mycol 125: 1-216. Haug I, Pritsch K (1992) Ectomycorrhizal types of spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in the Black Forest. A microscopical atlas. Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe. Weiss M (1988) Ektomykorrhizen von Picea abies. Synthese, Ontogenie und Reaktion auf Umweltschadstoffe. Diss Univ München. |
• length | |
3 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
16 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
20 mm | Maximum value |
• ramification presence-type | |
monopodial-pinnate | |
or | monopodial-pyramidal |
• ramification orders | |
0 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
2 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• abundance | |
solitary or in small numbers | |
• main axis diameter | |
0.4 mm | Minimum value |
0.5 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
0.6 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• rhizomorphs as stout, short, conical structures presence-abundance | |
absent | |
• rhizomorphs presence | |
absent | |
• exploration type | |
short distance |
• shape | |
straight | |
or | bent |
• shape {of distal end} | |
not inflated, cylindric | |
• length | |
0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
8 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• diameter | |
0.2 mm | Minimum value |
0.3 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
0.4 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
0.5 mm | Maximum value |
• colour | |
dark brown | |
• very tip colour | |
brown | |
or | brownish |
• older parts colour | |
black | |
• mantle cortical cells visibility | |
not visible | |
• mantle {distinct} surface visibility | |
present | |
• mantle transparency | |
not transparent | |
• mantle laticifers visibility | |
absent | |
• mantle dots presence-colour | |
brownish | |
or | concolorous to mantle |
• mantle carbonizing presence | |
absent | |
• mantle surface {in general} habit | |
shiny | |
• mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
densely grainy or warty | |
• emanating hyphae presence | |
present | |
• emanating hyphae abundance | |
infrequent | |
• emanating hyphae distribution | |
concentrated proximally |
• presence | |
absent |
• emanating elements presence-type | |
cystidia | |
• emanating elements cystidia location | |
on outer mantle layer | |
• blue granules presence | |
present | |
• blue granules location | |
outer mantle layer |
• presence | |
absent |
• matrix presence | |
absent |
• organisation | |
pseudoparenchymatous | |
• organisation {if pseudoparenchymatous} cell shape | |
angular | |
• mantle type | |
angular cells, bearing mounds of roundish cells (type K) | |
• mound cells diameter | |
0 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
60 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• mound cells granular contents | |
absent | |
• septa clamps presence | |
absent | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
membranaceously brownish | |
• cell diameter | |
5 µm | Minimum value |
8 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
16 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
25 µm | Maximum value |
• cell length | |
5 µm | Minimum value |
10 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
25 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
45 µm | Maximum value |
• cell density | |
4 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
8 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• cell wall thickness | |
0.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
1 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
2 µm | Maximum value |
• cell wall with globular thickenings | |
absent | |
• cell wall surface habit | |
smooth | |
• drops of exuded pigment presence | |
absent | |
• blue granules location | |
within cells |
• organisation | |
pseudoparenchymatous | |
• hyphae arrangement | |
plectenchymatous, without pattern | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
membranaceously brownish | |
• cell wall surface habit | |
smooth |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• hyphae arrangement | |
star-like | |
• septa clamps presence | |
present | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
absent | |
or | membranaceously brownish |
• cell diameter | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
5.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• cell length | |
8 µm | Minimum value |
15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
23 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
38 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} organisation | |
like other parts of mantle | |
• anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} cell density | |
6 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
9 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
10 | Maximum value |
• mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
30 µm | Minimum value |
40 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
80 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• mantle thickness {at ectomycorrhizal tip} | |
30 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
40 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
50 µm | Maximum value |
• mantle different layers presence | |
discernable | |
• outer mantle layer organisation | |
pseudoparenchymatous | |
• outer mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
4 µm | Minimum value |
7 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
25 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
30 µm | Maximum value |
• outer mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
12 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
20 µm | Maximum value |
• inner mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
14 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
20 µm | Maximum value |
• inner mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
1 µm | Minimum value |
1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
10 µm | Maximum value |
• presence | |
present | |
• rows number | |
1 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
2 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
3 | Maximum value |
• shape | |
tangentially-oval, -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis | |
• tangentially length | |
20 µm | Minimum value |
30 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
90 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
110 µm | Maximum value |
• radially diameter | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
20 µm | Maximum value |
• mean tangenial length TCt | |
53.1 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
70.6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• mean shape-ratio TCq | |
7.2 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
7.5 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
tangentially-oval to -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented obliquely | |
or | tangentially-oval to -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
45 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
120 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
130 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
7 µm | Minimum value |
14 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
25 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
36 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean tangential length CCt (ECt) | |
75.6 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
78.8 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq (ECq) | |
3.7 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
4.4 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• presence | |
present | |
• kind | |
protruding towards endodermis | |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around tannin cells thickness | |
2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal rows around tannin cells number | |
one | |
or | two |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical cells (epidermal) thickness | |
1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
4 µm | Maximum value |
• structure {in plan view} | |
of palmetti type | |
• lobes width | |
1 µm | Minimum value |
2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
4 µm | Maximum value |
• mantle different layers presence | |
discernible | |
• outer mantle layer organisation | |
pseudoparenchymatous | |
• outer mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
3 µm | Minimum value |
10 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
25 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
45 µm | Maximum value |
• outer mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
4 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
20 µm | Maximum value |
• inner mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
1.5 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
8 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
15 µm | Maximum value |
• inner mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
10 µm | Maximum value |
• presence | |
present | |
• rows number | |
1 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
2 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
3 | Maximum value |
• shape | |
tangentially-oval to tangentially-elliptic | |
• tangentially length | |
20 µm | Minimum value |
23 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
36 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
50 µm | Maximum value |
• radially diameter | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
20 µm | Maximum value |
• mean tangential length TCt | |
30.3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
32.7 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• mean shape-ratio TCq | |
3.1 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3.4 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
tangentially-oval to tangentially-elliptic | |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
12 µm | Minimum value |
15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
40 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
65 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
7 µm | Minimum value |
14 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
25 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
36 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean tangential length CCt | |
23.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
33.2 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq | |
1.2 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
1.8 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• presence | |
present | |
• kind | |
protruding towards endodermis | |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around tannin cells shape | |
roundish | |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around tannin cells thickness | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
7 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal rows around tannin cells number | |
one | |
or | two |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
roundish | |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells thickness | |
2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
4 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal rows around cortical (epidermal) cells number | |
one |
• intrahyphal hyphae presence | |
present |
• type | |
awl-shaped, bristle-like (type A) | |
or | bottle-shaped with a straight neck (type B) |
• septa presence | |
absent | |
or | present |
• septa kind | |
absent, with basal clamp only | |
or | simple |
• diameter {proximal} | |
4 µm | Minimum value |
8 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
12 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• diameter {distal} | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• length | |
10 µm | Minimum value |
30 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
54 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
60 µm | Maximum value |
• cell wall colour | |
brownish | |
• cell wall colour {relative to mantle cells} | |
similar | |
• cell wall thickness {relative to mantle cells} | |
thicker | |
• cell wall evenness | |
even in thickness | |
• surface habit | |
smooth | |
• contents presence | |
absent | |
• contents type | |
absent |
• shape | |
not striking | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
absent | |
or | membranaceously brownish |
• drops of exuded pigment presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
present | |
• kind | |
acute | |
or | approximately 90° |
• distance {from septum} | |
adjacent to septum | |
or | one or two hyphal diam. below the septum |
or | in considerable distance from the septum |
• side-branches at septum number | |
one side-branch at septum |
• clamps presence | |
present | |
• clamps outline {in dorsal view} | |
oval | |
• clamps width {relative to hypha in dorsal view} | |
thinner than | |
or | as broad as |
• clamps outline {in lateral view} | |
less than a semicircle | |
or | not constricted at contact point to subtending hyphal cell |
• clamps width {relative to hypha in lateral view} | |
thinner than | |
• clamps hole presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
present | |
• abundance | |
abundant | |
• distribution | |
evenly distributed |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell shape | |
even | |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell shape {at distal end} | |
simple | |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell diameter | |
2 µm | Minimum value |
3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
7 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell length | |
22 µm | Minimum value |
35 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
130 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
160 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall surface habit | |
smooth | |
or | rough of warts |
or | without lens-shaped appositions |
or | without spindle-shaped appositions |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall surface structures shape | |
hemispherical warts | |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall thickness | |
0.2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
2 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
2.5 µm | Maximum value |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall thickness at tip {relative to remaining cell wall} | |
as thick as | |
• anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall {apart from tip} evenness | |
even in thickness |
• {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
present | |
• {of ectomycorrhiza former} abundance | |
occasionally present | |
• shape | |
as normal hyphae |
• number {per cell} | |
1 | Minimum value |
2 | Mean (= average) |
3 | Maximum value |
• shape | |
round | |
• diameter | |
1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
4 µm | Maximum value |
• length | |
1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
4 µm | Maximum value |
• septal pores type | |
as dolipores with perforated parenthesome |
• reaction with acid fuchsin presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with anilin presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with brillant-cresyl-blue presence | |
present | |
• reaction with cotton-blue-lactic-acid presence | |
present | |
• reaction with ethanol 70% presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with FeSO4 presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with formol 40% presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with guaiac presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with KOH 10% presence | |
present | |
• reaction with lactic acid presence | |
present | |
• reaction with Melzer's reagent presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with phenole presence | |
present | |
• reaction with ruthenium-red presence | |
absent | |
• reaction with sulpho-vanillin presence | |
present | |
• chemical compounds type | |
thelephoric acid |
• geographic occurrence continent | |
Europe |
• plant family | |
Pinaceae | |
• plant genus | |
Picea [abies] | |
• plant habitat kind | |
forests, woods |
• family | |
Thelephoraceae ss. Stalpers. excl. Tylospora |
• public notes | |
Mycorrhizal ends at most slightly bent; in cross-section tannin cells also half-moon shaped; mantle in sulfo-vanillin with violet cell walls and in total brownish-green, in KOH walls greenish and in total olive, in lactic acid walls brownish-ochre, in brillant-cresyl-blue violet, in cotton-blue walls greenish-brown, in phenole walls olive-green. |