Progress on two main studies on fungal ectomycorrhizal communities in the Sierra National Forest is discussed. One study examined the short-term effects of ground fire on the ectomycorrhizal community and the other examined the ectomycorrhizal associates of snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea). In the ground-fire study we found that a large initial reduction in ectomycorrhizal biomass is caused prim...

Ectomycorrhizal fungi may make a significant contribution to mineral weathering in temperate and boreal forests. It is important to know how this weathering activity will be affected by the changing nutrient demands of forests impacted by global change and nitrogen deposition. This review examines what is known about how plants sense and respond to nutrient demand and discusses the existing lit...

The Family Russulaceae comprises of some important agaricoid and gasteroid taxa of Agaricomycetes. Two genera, Lactarius and Russula are distinctive basidiomycetes that possesses heteromerous tissue composed of sphaerocyte cells and amyloid ornamentation on their basidiospores. Some of the important ectomycorrhizal, edible, poisonous and medicinal species have been rested in genera Lactarius an...

Phellodon is a genus of ectomycorrhizal fungi belonging to the group known as stipitate hydnoids. It associated with coniferous trees in forest ecosystems and widely distributed northern hemisphere. Phellodon, together Hydnellum, Sarcodon, classified Bankeraceae, members which are generally considered symbiotic fungi. Ectomycorrhizal can help plant roots fix nitrogen improve absorption capacity...

Saline stress is one of the most important abiotic factors limiting the growth and development of plants and associated microorganisms. While the impact of salinity on associations of arbuscular fungi is relatively well understood, knowledge of the ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi of trees growing on saline land is limited. The main objective of this study was to determine the density and diversity o...

UNLABELLED Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species, a "Symbiotic" relationship between tress and fungi in forest has a great ecological and economic importance. Here is an attempt to describe database named "EctomycorrhizalDB", addressing ECM diversity of Central Himalaya (Kumaun region), with special emphasis on their characterization, physical properties and morphological features along with spe...