A preliminary study of the ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with introduced Eucalyptus in Kenya

作者：Kluthe Garrett B; Ben Ali Ben Hassine M; Nelsen D J; Stephenson S L

来源：Mycosphere, 2016, 7(1): 81-86.

DOI：10.5943/mycosphere/7/1/8

• Ectomycorrhizal fungi
• Eucalyptus
• DNA sequencing
• Internal Transcribed Spacer
• Kenya

The assemblage of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with introduced Eucalyptus in Kenya was characterized using molecular methods. DNA extracted from root-tips collected at 47 sites in the country yielded sequences of at least 21 taxa, with eight of these known to form ectomycorrhizal relationships with trees. Hydnangium carneum, a hypogenous fungus, and species of the agaric genus Laccaria appear to be the most common ectomycorrhizal associates of Eucalyptus. Other taxa recorded from the rhizosphere of Eucalyptus included two species of entomopathogenic fungi and a number of other species considered to be saprotrophic. As a general observation, based on the data obtained in the present study, the level of diversity of fungi associated with Eucalyptus appears to be relatively low.

• 出版日期2016