Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of structural features of the described mycorrhizas of Lactifluus rugatus and either host- or phylogenetically-related Lactifluus/Lactarius species.

From: Peering into the Mediterranean black box: Lactifluus rugatus ectomycorrhizas on Cistus

Ectomycorrhizhal type

System/appearance

SV

ML

IV

RHIZ

Host

Reference

Lactifluus rugatus

m-pyr, short spiny

cys + pl

pl

pl

/

Cistus

present work

Lactarius cistophilus

simple (pinnate), smooth

ps

dpl + lact

dpl

/

Cistus

Comandini & Rinaldi 2008

Lactarius tesquorum

simple/m-p, smooth

pl

dpl + lact

dpl

hd

Cistus

Nuytinck et al. 2004

Lactifluus piperatus

m-p, woolly

hh + ps

/

/

dif

Fagus

Beenken 2004

Lactifluus volemus var. volemus

simple (monopodialpinnate), smooth/cottony

hh + pl

ps

ps + lact

/

Shorea

Kumar & Atri 2016

Lactifluus vellereus

m-pyr, smooth/mildly grainy

hn + ps

/

pl + lact

undif

Fagus

Grebenc 2005, Grebenc et al. 2009

  1. SV, surface view; ML, middle layer; IV, inner view; RHIZ, rhizomorphs; cys, cystidia; dpl, densely plectenchymatous; hd, highly differentiated; hh, extramatrical hyphae; hn, hyphal net; lact, lactifers; m-p, monopodial pinnate; m-pyr, monopodial pyramidal; pl, plectenchymatous; ps, pseudoparenchymatous; undif, undifferentiated.