| • references | |
| 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) | 
| 12 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • ramification presence-type | |
| monopodial-pyramidal | |
| • tips {per 10 mm} number | |
| 10 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 15 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • ramification orders | |
| 0 | Minimum value | 
| 1 | Mean (= average) | 
| 2 | Maximum value | 
| • main axis diameter | |
| 0.3 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 | |
| • shape {of distal end} | |
| not inflated, cylindric | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 1 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • diameter | |
| 0.25 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.35 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • colour | |
| brown | |
| or | yellow | 
| or | grey | 
| or | white | 
| • very tip colour | |
| brown | |
| or | brownish | 
| or | greenish | 
| • older parts colour | |
| black | |
| or | brown | 
| or | grey | 
| • mantle laticifers visibility | |
| absent | |
| • mantle dots presence-colour | |
| absent | |
| • mantle carbonizing presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle surface {in general} habit | |
| shiny | |
| or | not smooth | 
| • mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
| loosely cottony | |
| • emanating hyphae presence | |
| present | |
| • emanating hyphae abundance | |
| abundant | |
| • emanating hyphae distribution | |
| not specifically distributed | |
| • diameter | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.05 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cross-section shape | |
| round or roundish | |
| • colour | |
| black | |
| or | brown | 
| • ramification kind-frequency | |
| frequently, at restricted points | |
| • connection to mantle kind | |
| distinct | |
| • origin location | |
| not specific | |
| • margin habit | |
| hairy | |
| • dimorphism presence | |
| absent | |
| • 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 | |
| • septa thickness {relative to cell walls} | |
| as thick as walls | |
| • cell shape | |
| cylindric, not constricted at septa | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| and | membranaceously brownish | 
| • cell diameter | |
| 1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 2.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| plectenchymatous, without pattern | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| membranaceously brownish | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 7 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) | 
| • cell length | |
| 7 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) | 
| • cell density | |
| 7 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 12 | 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) | 
| 1 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| without pattern | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 2.5 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) | 
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} organisation | |
| like other parts of mantle | |
| • mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
| 10 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 | |
| discernable | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • outer mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • middle mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 5 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 | 
| • middle mantle layer hyphae radially 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) | 
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 5 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 hyphae radially 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) | 
| • 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 | |
| 7 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 17 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 13 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) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq (ECq) | |
| 0.3 | Minimum value | 
| 0.5 | Mean (= average) | 
| 1 | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal rows around tannin cells number | |
| one | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| roundish | |
| or | cylindrical | 
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| discernible | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • outer mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • middle mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • middle mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 5 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 | 
| • middle mantle layer hyphae radially 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) | 
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 5 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 hyphae radially 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) | 
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| round | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 13 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 29 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 13 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 32 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 | |
| 0.6 | Minimum value | 
| 0.9 | Mean (= average) | 
| 1.7 | Maximum value | 
| • 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 | |
| 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) | 
| • 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) | 
| 3.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • structure {in plan view} | |
| of palmetti type | |
| • intrahyphal hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • septal pores configuration | |
| dolipore-like structures | |
| • backwards-oriented clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • anastomoses type | |
| open, with a short bridge or bridge almost lacking | |
| or | closed by a simple septum, with a short bridge or bridge almost lacking (contact-septum) | 
| • anastomoses cell wall thickness {relative to remaining cell walls} | |
| as thick as | |
| • anastomoses anastomosal bridge thickness {relative to hyphae} | |
| as thick as | |
| • shape | |
| not striking | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| membranaceously brownish | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| Y-shaped | |
| • distance {from septum} | |
| one or two hyphal diam. below the septum | |
| • side-branches at septum number | |
| one side-branch at septum | |
| • clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • clamps outline {in dorsal view} | |
| cylindric | |
| • clamps width {relative to hypha in dorsal view} | |
| thinner than | |
| • clamps outline {in lateral view} | |
| as 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 | |
| • clamps blister-like structure {at basis} presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • abundance | |
| infrequent | |
| • distribution | |
| not specified | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell shape | |
| even | |
| or | with ellbow-like protrusions | 
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell diameter | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 2.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell length | |
| 10 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) | 
| • 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 | Mean (= average) | 
| • 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 | |
| • type | |
| slightly differentiated; central hyphae somewhat enlarged (type C) | |
| • internal nodia presence | |
| absent | |
| • gelatinous matrix presence | |
| absent | |
| • gelatinized hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • 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 | |
| • number {per cell} | |
| 2 | Mean (= average) | 
| • shape | |
| round | |
| • diameter | |
| 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) | 
| • length | |
| 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) | 
| • distance {between each other} | |
| 2 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) | 
| • substrate | |
| in organic layer | |
| • geographic occurrence continent | |
| Europe | |
| • plant family | |
| Fagaceae | |
| • plant genus | |
| Fagus | |
| • plant habitat kind | |
| forests, woods | |
| • public notes | |
| Mycorrhizal ends brown or grey-brown frequently with yellowish wite patches, very tips olive-brown to brown, older parts grey-brown or at some places black-brown, rhizomorphs black-brown; cells of outer mantle layers in plan view mostly colourless, infrequently slightly brownish; cells of middle mantle layers in plan view isodiametric or oval or elongated, rounded, frequently bent; emanating hyphae at most slightly membranaceously brownish; in longitudinal sections Hartig net 1(-2) cortical cell layers deep, in cross-section 2-3; mantle in KOH slightly brown. | |