| • references | |
| Wöllecke J, Münzenberger B, Hüttl RF (1997) "Pinirhiza arachnorosea" + Pinus sylvestris L. Descr Ectomyc 2: 37-42. Wöllecke J, Münzenberger B, Hüttl RF (1998) Pinirhiza arachnorosea. In Agerer R (ed) Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae, plate 125, Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 10 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • ramification presence-type | |
| absent | |
| or | monopodial-pinnate | 
| or | irregularly pinnate, dichotomous-like | 
| • 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 | |
| nest-like, hyphal mats | |
| • main axis diameter | |
| 0.35 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.45 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • rhizomorphs as stout, short, conical structures presence-abundance | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs as short mycorrhiza-like outgrowths with blunt tips presence | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs presence | |
| present | |
| • rhizomorphs frequency | |
| abundant | |
| • shape | |
| straight | |
| or | bent | 
| or | sinuous | 
| • shape {of distal end} | |
| not inflated, cylindric | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 7 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • diameter | |
| 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) | 
| • colour | |
| red | |
| or | white | 
| • older parts colour | |
| brown | |
| • mantle cortical cells visibility | |
| not visible | |
| • mantle {distinct} surface visibility | |
| present | |
| • mantle laticifers visibility | |
| absent | |
| • mantle dots presence-colour | |
| absent | |
| • mantle carbonizing presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle surface {in general} habit | |
| not smooth | |
| • mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
| loosely stringy | |
| • emanating hyphae presence | |
| present | |
| • emanating hyphae abundance | |
| infrequent | |
| • emanating hyphae distribution | |
| not specifically distributed | |
| • diameter | |
| 0.06 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.075 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cross-section shape | |
| round or roundish | |
| or | flat | 
| • colour | |
| red | |
| • ramification kind-frequency | |
| repeatedly into smaller filaments | |
| • connection to mantle kind | |
| oblique | |
| or | fan-like | 
| • origin location | |
| not specific | |
| • margin habit | |
| hairy | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • emanating elements presence-type | |
| rhizomorphs | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • mantle type | |
| hyphae rather irregularly arranged and no special pattern discernible (type B) | |
| • hyphal system kind | |
| undifferentiated | |
| • hyphae hyphal junctions angle {between} | |
| ca. 90° | |
| and | ca. 120° | 
| • septa thickness {relative to cell walls} | |
| as thick as walls | |
| • cell shape | |
| cylindric, constricted at septa | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 2.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 3.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell length | |
| 100 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 140 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| plectenchymatous, without pattern | |
| or | plectenchymatous, with broad streaks of parallel hyphae | 
| • cell diameter | |
| 2.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 3.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| ring-like | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 2 µm | Minimum value | 
| 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) | 
| 4 µm | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} organisation | |
| like other parts of mantle | |
| • mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
| 5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 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) | 
| 87 µm | Maximum value | 
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| not discernable | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • 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) | 
| • shape | |
| tangentially-oval, -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis | |
| • tangentially length | |
| 26 µm | Minimum value | 
| 40 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 50 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • radially diameter | |
| 3 µm | Minimum value | 
| 5 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| 20 µm | Maximum value | 
| • mean tangenial length TCt | |
| 43.1 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • mean shape-ratio TCq | |
| 7 | Mean (= average) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| rectangular | |
| or | tangentially-oval to -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean tangential length CCt (ECt) | |
| 46.5 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq (ECq) | |
| 1.4 | Mean (= average) | 
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| protruding towards endodermis | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around tannin cells shape | |
| roundish | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around tannin cells thickness | |
| 2.5 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) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| roundish | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical cells (epidermal) thickness | |
| 2.5 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) | 
| • structure {in plan view} | |
| of palmetti type | |
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| not discernible | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • shape | |
| round | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 18 µm | Minimum value | 
| 25 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) | 
| 52 µm | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 20 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 30 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 45 µm | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean tangential length CCt | |
| 31.2 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq | |
| 1 | Mean (= average) | 
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| protruding towards endodermis | |
| • septal pores configuration | |
| dolipore-like structures | |
| • anastomoses type | |
| closed by a clamp, with a short bridge or bridge almost lacking (contact-clamp) | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| approximately 90° | |
| • clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell shape {at distal end} | |
| simple | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell diameter | |
| 3 µm | Minimum value | 
| 3.5 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) | 
| 5 µm | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell length | |
| 110 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 140 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| or | without lens-shaped appositions | 
| or | without spindle-shaped appositions | 
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall thickness at tip {relative to remaining cell wall} | |
| thinner | |
| • type | |
| undifferentiated; hyphae rather loosely woven and of uniform diameter (type A) | |
| • cup-like structures on surface presence | |
| absent | |
| • a "ball" of intertwined, ramified, thin hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs hyphae ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs hyphae ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs hyphae ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs hyphae ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle in section UV-filter 340-380 nm presence | |
| present | |
| • geographic occurrence continent | |
| Europe | |
| • plant family | |
| Pinaceae | |
| • plant genus | |
| Pinus | |
| • plant subgenus-section | |
| two-needle-pines | |
| • plant habitat kind | |
| forests, woods | |
| • public notes | |
| Mycorrhizal systems irregularly ramified; mycorrhizal ends sinuous to nearly straight, white to reddish and if air displaced by water brown due to root colour, older parts brown due to root colour; rhizomorphs redder than mantle; middle mantle layers in plan view behind the very tip with broad streaks of parallel hyphae; Hartig net in plan view often irregularly shaped; autofluroescence of mantle in section with UV-filter lacking, but rhizomorphs blue and emanating hyphae yellow or lacking; mantle in sulfo-vanillin with slightly red inner layer, in KOH mantle blue to greenish blue, whole mycorrhizae greenish blue, in cotton-blue walls and cytoplasm blue, in ethanol reddish brown. | |