|
Features |
Ectomycorrhizae |
Endomycorrhizae
(VAM) |
| Known
number of species? |
2,100
species identified in North America; more than
5,000 worldwide |
Most
widespread; 150 species identified worldwide |
| How
does it colonize? |
Colonizes
the outside of plant cells and the root |
Colonizes
the inside of plant root cells |
| Percent
of plant species that benefit? |
Approximately
10 percent of plants |
More
than 85 percent of plants |
| Plants
that benefit? |
Conifers
and hardwoods, such as beech, birch, eucalyptus,
fir, oak and willow |
Turf-grasses,
most ornamental plants, hardwoods, fruit and nut
trees and shrubs |
| Can
be seen with the naked eye? |
Yes |
No |
| Has
large aboveground fruiting bodies? |
Yes |
No |
| Spores
readily disseminated by wind? |
Yes |
No |
| Can
be cultured in a lab? |
Yes |
No |
| Spores
wash into soil? |
Yes |
No |
| Most
effective form for inoculation? |
Pure
hyphae and spores |
Spores |
| Length
of survival of root-mycelial fragment inocula in
soil? |
3
to 5 weeks |
10
to 20 days |
