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Rhizopogon amylopogon is a sub-genus of Rhizopogon containing seven species. (Dowie J, 2017)


 * R. brunsii
 * R. arctostaphyli
 * R. kretzerae
 * R. salebrosus
 * R. pinyonensis
 * R. ellenae
 * R. subpurpurascens

Sub-genus amylopogon are a particular kind of ectomychorizal fungi known as monotropoid mycorrhiza (Smith and Read, 1997). These fungi are characterized by the presence of a mantle, Hartig net, unique fungal peg, and intracellular hyphal complexes (Massicotte H.B., 2004). They are also classified by a specific and obligate symbiosis with members of Monotropoideae through a process known as myco-heterotrophy (Dowie J, 2017, Bidartendo, 2002, Bruns, 2000). Monotropoideae species depend on amylopogon species for carbon which they acquire from members of Pinaceae.

 References 

Smith SE, Read DJ (1997) Mycorrhizal symbiosis, 2nd edn. Academic Press, London

THOMAS D. BRUNS and DAVID J. READ (2000) In vitro germination of nonphotosynthetic,myco-heterotrophic plants stimulated by fungi isolated from the adult plants, New Phytology, 148, 335 - 342

Bidartendo MI, Bruns TD (2002) Fine-level mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): specificity for fungal species groups. Mol Ecol 11:557–569

Massicotte, H.B., Melville, L.H. & Peterson,(2005) R.L. Structural features of mycorrhizal associations in two members of the Monotropoideae, Monotropa uniflora and Pterospora andromedea. Mycorrhiza 15, 101–110. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.pdx.edu/10.1007/s00572-004-0305-6

Nicholas J. Dowie, Lisa C. Grubisha, Brent A. Burton, Matthew R. Klooster& Steven L. Miller (2017) Increased phylogenetic resolution within the ecologically important Rhizopogon subgenus Amylopogon using 10 anonymous nuclear loci, Mycologia, 109:1, 35-45,DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2017.1285165

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