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The ectomycorrhizae of Lactarius lignyotus on Norway spruce are comprehensively described by morphological and anatomical characteristics. Identification of ectomycorrhizae was performed by tracing mycelia to the fruitbodies and also by molecular tools, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the fungal DNA. The newly described ectomycorrhiza is compared to ectomycorrhiza of the related Lactarius picinus. The amplified DNA products of the two fungi and their ectomycorrhizae could be distinguished by characteristic fragments after digestion with Hinf1.
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Considered as part LV of the series “Studies on ectomycorrhizae” of the Institute for Systematic Botany, Munich; part LIV: Agerer et al. (1994)
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Kraigher, H., Agerer, R. & Javornik, B. Ectomycorrhizae of Lactarius lignyotus on Norway spruce, characterized by anatomical and molecular tools. Mycorrhiza 5, 175–180 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203334
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203334