• references | |
Agerer R, ed (1987-1998) Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae, 1st-11th delivery, Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Brand F (1991) Ektomykorrhizen an Fagus sylvatica. Charakterisierung und Identifizierung, ökologische Kennzeichnung und unsterile Kultivierung. Libri Botanici 2: 1-229. |
• length | |
0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
5 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• ramification presence-type | |
monopodial-pinnate | |
or | monopodial-pyramidal |
• ramification orders | |
0 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
1 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• 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 | |
infrequent | |
• exploration type | |
medium distance smooth |
• 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) |
1.7 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• diameter | |
0.25 mm | Mean (= average) |
• colour | |
ochre, yellowish brown | |
or | red |
or | white |
• very tip colour | |
ochre, yellowish brown | |
or | reddish |
or | white |
• older parts colour | |
brown | |
or | ochre, yellowish brown |
• mantle cortical cells visibility | |
not visible | |
• 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 | |
silvery | |
or | covered with soil particles |
or | not smooth |
• mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
loosely cottony | |
or | loosely stringy |
• emanating hyphae presence | |
present | |
• emanating hyphae abundance | |
abundant |
• diameter | |
0.05 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
0.2 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• cross-section shape | |
round or roundish | |
or | flat |
• colour | |
whitish | |
• ramification kind-frequency | |
infrequently, at restricted points | |
• connection to mantle kind | |
oblique | |
• origin location | |
proximal | |
• margin habit | |
smooth | |
or | hairy |
• dimorphism presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
absent |
• emanating elements presence-type | |
rhizomorphs | |
• blue granules presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
absent |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• mantle type | |
ring-like arrangement of hyphal bundles (type A) | |
and | hyphae rather irregularly arranged and no special pattern discernible (type B) |
• hyphal system kind | |
undifferentiated | |
• septa thickness {relative to cell walls} | |
as thick as walls | |
and | thicker than walls |
• septa clamps presence | |
absent | |
• cell shape | |
cylindric, constricted at septa | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
absent | |
• cell diameter | |
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) |
• cell length | |
40 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
100 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• 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) |
• cell wall surface habit | |
with few crystals | |
• drops of exuded pigment presence | |
absent |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• hyphae arrangement | |
plectenchymatous, ring-like | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
colourless | |
• cell diameter | |
2 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) |
• 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) |
• cell wall surface habit | |
smooth |
• organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• hyphae arrangement | |
ring-like | |
• septa clamps presence | |
absent | |
• cell diameter | |
2 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 outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} organisation | |
like other parts of mantle |
• mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
25 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
35 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• mantle thickness {at ectomycorrhizal tip} | |
15 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
20 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• mantle different layers presence | |
not discernable | |
• outer mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• middle mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• inner mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• unlayered mantle hyphae radially diameter | |
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) |
• presence | |
absent |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
radially-oval to -elliptic, oriented obliquely | |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
11 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) |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
15 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) |
• anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq (ECq) | |
0.35 | Minimum value |
0.52 | Mean (= average) |
0.9 | Maximum value |
• presence | |
present | |
• kind | |
periepidermal | |
or | in two rows, not reaching endodermis |
• mantle different layers presence | |
not discernible | |
• outer mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• middle mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• inner mantle layer organisation | |
plectenchymatous | |
• unlayered mantle hyphae radially diameter | |
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) |
• presence | |
absent |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
round | |
or | radially-oval to -elliptic |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
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) |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
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) |
• anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq | |
0.63 | Minimum value |
0.85 | Mean (= average) |
1.25 | Maximum value |
• presence | |
present | |
• kind | |
apparently two rows deep | |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
roundish | |
or | cylindrical |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells thickness | |
1 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) |
• anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal rows around cortical (epidermal) cells number | |
one | |
• lobes width | |
2 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) |
• structure {in plan view} | |
of palmetti type |
• septal pores configuration | |
dolipore-like structures | |
or | globular thickenings |
• anastomoses type | |
open, with a short bridge or bridge almost lacking | |
• anastomoses cell wall thickness {relative to remaining cell walls} | |
thicker than | |
or | as thick as |
• anastomoses anastomosal bridge thickness {relative to hyphae} | |
thinner | |
or | as thick as |
• shape | |
not striking | |
• cell pigment location-colour | |
absent | |
• drops of exuded pigment presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
present | |
• kind | |
acute | |
• distance {from septum} | |
adjacent to septum | |
or | one or two hyphal diam. below the septum |
• side-branches at septum number | |
one side-branch at septum |
• clamps presence | |
absent |
• type | |
undifferentiated; hyphae rather loosely woven and of uniform diameter (type A) |
|
• internal nodia presence | |
absent | |
• gelatinous matrix presence | |
absent | |
• gelatinized hyphae presence | |
absent | |
• a "ball" of intertwined, ramified, thin hyphae presence | |
absent |
• presence | |
absent |
• {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
absent | |
• {of foreign origin} presence | |
absent |
• number {per cell} | |
2 | Mean (= average) |
• shape | |
oval | |
• diameter | |
1 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) |
• distance {between each other} | |
2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
10 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
• whole mycorrhizae UV 254 nm colour-presence | |
absent | |
• whole mycorrhizae UV 366 nm colour-presence | |
absent | |
• mantle in section UV-filter 340-380 nm presence | |
present |
• substrate | |
in organic layer | |
• geographic occurrence continent | |
Europe |
• plant family | |
Fagaceae | |
• plant genus | |
Fagus | |
• plant habitat kind | |
forests, woods |
• family | |
Thelephoraceae ss. Stalpers. excl. Tylospora |
• public notes | |
Mycorrhizal systems irregularly monopodial-pinnate to monopodial-pyramidal; mycorrhizal ends infrequently slightly bent, with a reddish tint or partly vinaceous; autofluorescence of mantle in section with UV-filter very slightly ochre to whitish blue; in KOH crystals of mantle surface changing to violet, in H2O colour dissolving. |