New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Hypogeous fungi associated with some forest trees in New Zealand

MYRA CHU-CHOU
LYNETTE J. GRACE

Forest Research Institute
Private Bag, Rotorua, New Zealand

Abstract Hypogeous fungi were found associated with the following forest tree species - Pinus radiata D. Don, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, Eucalyptus spp., Nothofagus spp., and Leptospermum spp. in New Zealand. The hosts with their fungal associates are listed and the sporocarps and spores of certain fungal species are illustrated. Host specificity of some of these fungi is discussed.

Keywords hypogeous fungi; mycorrhiza; host relationships; plant associations; New Zealand fungi

Received 15 October 1982
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1983, Vol. 21 : 183-190
0028-825X/83/2102-0183$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1983

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