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- Title
Misdiagnosis and uncritical use of plant mycorrhizal data are not the only elephants in the room.
- Authors
Bueno, C. Guillermo; Aldrich‐Wolfe, Laura; Chaudhary, V. Bala; Gerz, Maret; Helgason, Thorunn; Hoeksema, Jason D.; Klironomos, John; Lekberg, Ylva; Leon, Daniela; Maherali, Hafiz; Öpik, Maarja; Zobel, Martin; Moora, Mari
- Abstract
A recent Viewpoint article by Brundrett & Tedersoo ([4]) highlights several challenges connected with assigning mycorrhizal traits to plant species and criticizes the use of mycorrhizal trait databases. Therefore, the distinction between AM plants (with arbuscules) and NM plants with "glomeromycotan fungal colonization" (with no arbuscules or non-functional ones) based on potential nutritional function or lack thereof (Brundrett & Tedersoo), is inconsistent with published observations. A recent comparison of the Brundrett & Tedersoo's "standard reference" and literature-derived databases of European plant species indicated frequently diverging mycorrhizal trait assignment.
- Subjects
MYCORRHIZAL plants; ECTOMYCORRHIZAS; BOTANY; DIAGNOSTIC errors; PLANT diversity; ELEPHANTS
- Publication
New Phytologist, 2019, Vol 224, Issue 4, p1415
- ISSN
0028-646X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nph.15976