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The roots of Gaultheria poeppiggi (Ericaceae) were examined for fungal symbiont colonization. Typical structures of ericoid mycorrhizas (hyphae and intracellular coil hyphae complexes), dark septate fungal endophytes (hyphae and sclerotia), and arbuscular mycorrhizas (hyphae, coils, vesicles and arbuscules) were found in the roots of all the individuals examined. The evolutionarily derived position of Gaultheria within the Ericales may suggest that G. poeppiggi recently acquired the ability to form arbuscular mycorrhizas rather than having retained it from ancestral lines.
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Urcelay, C. Co-occurrence of three fungal root symbionts in Gaultheria poeppiggi DC in Central Argentina. Mycorrhiza 12, 89–92 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-001-0146-5
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