Twenty-three polypore species were found in Polylepis Ruiz & Pav. (Rosacecae) woodlands from Argentina. Six species occur exclusively in the neotropics and four are host-specific to Polylepis (Phellinus tabaquilio, Phellinus ...

Seeds of many orchids rely on the presence of fungi to trigger the germination process and even to initiate the full development of protocorms. While attention has been directed towards the study of mycorrhizal fungi, the ...

Russula floriformis and R. symphoniae are described as two new sister species of Russula subsection Substriatinae from montane forest of Colombia and Panama and associated with Quercus and Oreomunnea trees. Very similar ...

The family Orchidaceae is recognized as an important plant-group due to their mutualistic interactions with fungi assembling mycorrhiza interactions. Despite the abundant information about mycorrhizal relationships, the ...

The interactions between organisms are crucial for their survival and reproduction and have shaped life on earth. This proposition is developed in the Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution Theory proposed by John Thompson in ...