Kelley — xii — Mycotrophy 



Lecture III 

 The Fungal Endophytes:- Nature of the mycorrhizal fungi 



PhYCOMYCETE mycorrhizal fungi ASCOMYCETOUS MY- 

 CORRHIZAL FUNGI HeMIBASIDIOM YCETES HyMENOM YCETOUS 



MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI GaSTEROMYCETOUS MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI 



PhALLOMYCETOUS MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI FoRM GENERA OF 



MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI — FuSARIUM RhIZOCTONIA — PhOMA 



— Mycelium radicis — Conclusion Z7 



Lecture IV 



Fossil Mycorrhizae:- Limitations of the fossil record — 

 Sources of material — Fossil Phycomycetes — Fossil 

 hepatics — Fossil ferns and their endophytes — Mycor- 

 rhiza of fossil Lycopod — Mycorrhizae in a seed fern — 

 Mycorrhizae in Cordaites — Summary 47 



Lecture V 

 Distribution of Mycotrophic Plants:- General — Germany — 



France and the Iberian Peninsula — British Isles — Low- 

 lands AND Scandinavia — Baltic and Russian States — 

 The Arctic — The Alps — Central Europe — The Balkans 



— Italy — Africa — Asia — Java — Japan — New Zealand 



— Australia — South America — West Indies and Central 

 America — North America — North-eastern U.S.A. — 

 Southern U.S.A. — Central U.S.A. — Rocky Mountains — 

 Pacific Coast 53 



Lecture VI 



Mycotrophic Plants and Their Environment:- Soil as a myco- 

 trophic HABITAT — Mycorrhizae and soils — Humus — • 

 Mycorrhizae as soil indicators — Mycorrhizae in the soil 

 profile — Soil texture — Soil moisture — Soil solution • — 

 Soil reaction — The use of free nitrogen — Soil tempera- 

 ture — Altitude — Light — Phenology — Mycorrhizae in 

 relation to habitat — Salt marsh — Prairie — Soil In- 

 oculation — Compost studies 68 



Lecture VII 

 Mycothalli and Mycorrhizomes:- General character — Mv- 

 cothalli in liverworts — Infection of mycothalli — ■ 



