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Thelephoroid#2 mycorrhizae
Rhizopogon bishop pine mycorrhizae
Russula amoenolens mycorrhiza
one of the most common associates of bishop pine
Thelephoroid #2 ectomycorrhizae
ectomycorrhizae of bishop pine
another Thelephoroid ectomycorrhizae
on Douglas-fir
double colonization by Tomentella sublilicina and Thelephoroid#2
on Douglas-fir
Russula amoenolens mycorrhizae
bishop pine root
mycorrhizae
on bishop pine (left) and douglas fir (right)
showing 3 different mycorrhizal morphotypes in close proximity: Rhizopogon (white), Thelephoroid#2 (dark brown) and Russula amoenolens (yellow).
of an unknown boletoid fungus on bishop pine
Thelephoroid mycorrhiza
Suillus pungens mycorrhizae
Cenoccocum mycorrhizae
infecting an orchid; not an ectomycorrhizae
generally mycorrhizae of this species are very hard to find
(black) with an unknown mycorrhizae on the same root
Pterospora mycorrhizae
The tour continues with some additional photos of mycorrhizal fungi (part 2).
the beginning
