Lecture I — 13 — Rise of Mycotrophy 



Trends: — Early interest in mycotrophic study was taxonomic, 

 and a sufficient number of plants was examined to show that the 

 mycotrophic habit was widespread in the plant kingdom. Then there 

 were sporadic collections which showed that mycotrophy existed in 

 each of the continents. Today biology inclines toward philosophical 

 dissertations which place the writer in an impregnable position since 

 if anyone demurs it rests with him to disprove the postulates. Myco- 

 trophic study still requires much work in taxonomy and morphology. 



