Over the course of evolution, several plant lineages have found ways to obtain water, minerals, and carbohydrates from fungi. Some plants are able exploit fungi to such an extent that they lose the need for photosynthesis. The ability of a plant to live on fungal carbon is known as mycoheterotrophy. This intriguing process has fascinated botanists for centuries, yet many aspects of mycoheterotrophy have remained elusive for a long time.
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Mycoheterotrophy: The Biology of Plants Living on Fungi explores the biology of mycoheterotrophs, offering general insights into their ecology, diversity, and evolution. Written by renowned experts in the field and bolstered with lavish illustrations and photographs, this volume provides a thematic overview of different aspects of mycoheterotrophy. Comprehensive and readily accessible,? Mycoheterotrophy: The Biology of Plants Living on Fungi is a valuable resource for researchers and students who are interested in the process of mycoheterotrophy.
This book explores the biology of mycoheterotrophs - plants sustained by fungi - with insight on their ecology, diversity and evolution. Lavishly supplemented with illustrations and photographs, it provides a varied, wide-ranging overview of mycoheterotrophy.
1 ?Mycoheterotrophy: An introduction
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx
2. ?Taxonomy and classification
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx, John V. Freudenstein, Jonathan Kissling, Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Raymond E. Stotler, Barbara Crandall-Stotler, Norman Wickett, Paula J. Rudall, Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer, and Paul J. M. Maas
3. ?Biogeography and conservation
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx, Erik F. Smets, and Chelsea D. Specht
4. ?Subterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures
Stephan Imhof, Hugues B. Massicotte, Lewis H. Melville, and R. Larry Peterson&ll##
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