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Image Title: The Nonphotosynthetic Plant Sarcodes sanguinea (Monotropoideae, Ericaceae)
Image Credit: Dirk Redecker
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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The nonphotosynthetic plant Sarcodes sanguinea (Monotropoideae, Ericaceae) receives all its carbon from the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Rhizopogon ellenae(Boletales) that proliferates in its immediate surroundings.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Regional specialization of Sarcodes sanguinea(Ericaceae) on a single fungal symbiont from the Rhizopogon ellenae (Rhizopogonaceae) species complex, 87/12/1778" and "High root concentration and uneven ectomycorrhizal diversity near Sarcodes sanguinea(Ericaceae): a cheater that stimulates its victims?, 87/12/1783"

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