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Mycorrhizal associations of ferns and lycopods of central Veracruz, Mexico

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We studied the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate fungi (DSF) in two lycopods and 23 ferns species collected from the tropical montane cloud forest in central Veracruz, Mexico. This is the first report of the mycorrhizal status for 17 species. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were present in 11 species (44 %) which characterized by arbuscules and in a further 11 species were found with only hyphae and vesicles. The abundance of AMF in the roots varied with the species, and ranged from 7 % (Polypodium lepidotrichum) to 88 % (Marattia sp.). Colonization of the roots was not observed in Asplenium praemorsum, A. miradorense and Pecluma dispersa. A Paris-type of AMF morphology was dominant, 72 %, while 8 % were found to be of the Arum-type and 8 % of the intermediate-type. AMF colonization was accompanied by DSF in 10 species (40 %). This is the first detailed report of AMF and DSE associations of ferns and lycopods from Mexico.

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The author thanks CONACyT for financial support for PhD studies through scholarship No. 223899 in the INBIOTECA, Universidad Veracruzana. Our thanks to David Richardson and two anonymous reviewers whose suggestions, comments, and corrections improved our original manuscript.

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  1. Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. de las Culturas Veracruzanas No. 101, Campus para la Cultura, las Artes y el Deporte, col. Emiliano Zapata, C.P. 91090, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Luis A. Lara-Pérez, Juan C. Noa-Carrazana & Antonio Andrade-Torres

  2. Laboratorio de Organismos Benéficos, Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Veracruzana, Campus Xalapa. Circuito Universitario Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 91090, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Ramón Zulueta-Rodríguez & Liliana Lara-Capistrán

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Veracruzana, Campus Xalapa. Circuito Universitario Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 91090, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Mauricio D. Valdés-Baizabal

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Lara-Pérez, L.A., Valdés-Baizabal, M.D., Noa-Carrazana, J.C. et al. Mycorrhizal associations of ferns and lycopods of central Veracruz, Mexico. Symbiosis 65, 85–92 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-015-0320-8

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