• references | |
Agerer R (1987-1995) Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. 1st-9th del. Einhorn, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Haug I, Pritsch K (1992) Ectomycorrhizal types of spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in the Black Forest, a microscopical atlas. Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe. |
• ramification presence-type | |
absent | |
• ramification orders | |
0 | Mean (= average) |
• abundance | |
solitary or in small numbers | |
• rhizomorphs presence | |
absent |
• shape | |
straight | |
• shape {of distal end} | |
not inflated, cylindric | |
• colour | |
black | |
• very tip colour | |
whitish | |
• older parts colour | |
black | |
• mantle {distinct} surface visibility | |
present | |
• mantle transparency | |
not transparent | |
• mantle laticifers visibility | |
absent | |
• mantle dots presence-colour | |
absent | |
• mantle carbonizing presence | |
absent | |
• mantle surface {in general} habit | |
smooth | |
• emanating hyphae presence | |
present | |
• emanating hyphae abundance | |
infrequent |
• presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
absent |
• matrix presence | |
present | |
• matrix location | |
outer mantle layer {apart from tip} | |
or | middle mantle layer |
or | inner mantle layer |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• mantle type | |
gelatinous matrix between the hyphae (type C) | |
• matrix kind | |
gelatinous | |
• hyphal system kind | |
undifferentiated | |
• septa clamps presence | |
absent | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
membranaceously brownish | |
• cell diameter | |
2.5 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) |
• cell wall surface habit | |
smooth |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• matrix kind | |
gelatinous | |
• hyphae arrangement | |
plectenchymatous, without pattern | |
• cell diameter | |
2.5 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) |
• cell wall surface habit | |
smooth |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• matrix kind | |
gelatinous | |
• hyphae arrangement | |
without pattern | |
• septa clamps presence | |
absent |
• mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
20 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) |
• mantle different layers presence | |
discernable | |
• outer mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• middle mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• inner mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous |
• presence | |
present | |
• rows number | |
2 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
3 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• shape | |
tangentially-oval, -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
tangentially-oval to -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented obliquely |
• clamps presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
absent |
• {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
absent |
• septal pores type | |
simple, with Woronin bodies | |
• Woronin bodies shape | |
round, oval or elliptic | |
• mantle matrix presence-kind | |
of outer layers transparent, of inner layers dark |
• geographic occurrence continent | |
Europe |
• plant family | |
Pinaceae | |
• plant genus | |
Picea | |
• plant habitat kind | |
forests, woods |
• public notes | |
Mycorrhizal tips whitish-grey, smooth to slightly reticulate. |