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Biogeography of Ericoid Mycorrhiza

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Ericoid mycorrhiza is a mutualistic relationship between several lineages of plants in the family Ericaceae (Cassiopoideae, Ericoideae, Harrimanelloideae, Styphelioideae, and Vaccinioideae subfamilies) and a diverse group of soil fungi. Compared to the more common mycorrhizal types such as arbuscular mycorrhiza and ectomycorrhiza, ericoid mycorrhiza remains largely overlooked, and more detailed understanding of the ericoid mycorrhizal symbionts biogeography is lacking. To date, undisputable evidence of ericoid mycorrhizal habit has been obtained for only few fungal lineages belonging to Helotiales, Sebacinales, and an undescribed lineage within Agaricomycetes. Ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis can be found on all continents, except Antarctica. Although the ericoid mycorrhizal plants species richness is the highest in tropical and subtropical regions, they also represent an important vegetation component in temperate and arctic regions. Compared to biogeography of ericoid mycorrhizal plants, we have very limited knowledge about the diversity and distribution of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. First insights indicate that the most well-known ericoid mycorrhizal fungal species, Rhizoscyphus ericae, has a very broad distribution range. On the contrary, other ericoid mycorrhizal fungal species have distribution range restricted to a single hemisphere (Meliniomyces variabilis) or continent (Cairneyella variabilis).

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This study was funded by Estonian Science Foundation (ESF) grants PUT1399 and by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic within the long-term research development project no. RVO 67985939 and Charles University in Prague (NPUI LO1417 MSMT). Additional support was supplied by ESF Doctoral Studies and Internationalization Program DoRa.

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