- Myco-heterotrophy (from Gr**** μύκης mýkes 'fungus', ἕτερος héteros 'another', 'different' and τροφή trophé 'nutrition') is a
symbiotic relationship between...
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lilies (Liliales);
rosette and
succulent epiphytes (Asparagales);
mycoheterotrophs (Liliales, Dioscoreales, Pandanales), all in the
lilioid monocots;...
- groups,
including tropical shrubs,
lianas and trees,
xerophytic plants,
mycoheterotrophs, as well as
different herbaceous representatives.
Several species in...
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significant energy reserves.
Orchids and a few
other groups of
plants are
mycoheterotrophs which depend on
mycorrhizal fungi for
nutrition during germination...
- the
energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, and more
specifically a
mycoheterotroph. Its
hosts are in the
Russulaceae family. Most
fungi are mycorrhizal...
- and
includes only the
species Pterospora andromedea. It
grows as a
mycoheterotroph (relying on
fungi rather than
photosynthesis for nutrients) in coniferous...
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Dioscoreales poses special problems due to the
absence of
plastid genes in
mycoheterotrophs.
Dioscoreales is
monophyletic and is
placed as a
sister order to Pandanales...
- of
orchid which belongs to the
group of
mycoheterotrophic plants.
Mycoheterotrophs are
known for
feeding off of the
roots of
fungal hosts,
instead of...
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thought to be saprophytic,
these hardy plants are
actually obligate mycoheterotrophs (or epiparasites) that
obtain nutrients from
mycorrhizal networks involving...
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Monotropoideae species can
generally be
described as full,
obligate mycoheterotrophs,
though if the
Pyroleae are
treated as part of the Monotropoideae,...
