An ectomycorrhizal thelephoroid fungus of Malaysian dipterocarp seedlings

Lee S. S., . and Thi B. K., . and Patahayah M., . An ectomycorrhizal thelephoroid fungus of Malaysian dipterocarp seedlings. pp. 355-363. ISSN 0128-1283

The ectomycorrhizal Dipterocarpaceae are among the most well-known trees in the tropics and this is the most important family of timber trees in Malaysia and South-East Asia. Recent studies and molecular data reveal that members of the Thelephoraceae are common ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with the Dipterocarpaceae. The suspected thelephoroid fungus FP160 was isolated from ectomycorrhizal roots of a Shorea parvifolia (Dipterocarpaceae) seedling and kept in the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) culture collection. In subsequent inoculation experiments it was able to form morphologically similar ectomycorrhizas with seedlings of two other dipterocarps namely Hopea odorata and S. leprosula and the exotic fast-growing legume Acacia mangium. A taxonomic identity of this fungus would benefit its possible use in inoculation and planting programmes. This information is also important to expand our limited knowledge of Malaysian mycodiversity. In this paper the morphological characteristics of the ectomycorrhizas formed by FP160 with H. odorata and A. mangium are described and the fungus identified using molecular methods as a member of the family Thelephoraceae most likely a Tomentella sp. It was not possible to identify the fungus more precisely due to the limited number of sequences available for tropical Thelephoraceae in the public databases.

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Abstract

The ectomycorrhizal Dipterocarpaceae are among the most well-known trees in the tropics and this is the most important family of timber trees in Malaysia and South-East Asia. Recent studies and molecular data reveal that members of the Thelephoraceae are common ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with the Dipterocarpaceae. The suspected thelephoroid fungus FP160 was isolated from ectomycorrhizal roots of a Shorea parvifolia (Dipterocarpaceae) seedling and kept in the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) culture collection. In subsequent inoculation experiments it was able to form morphologically similar ectomycorrhizas with seedlings of two other dipterocarps namely Hopea odorata and S. leprosula and the exotic fast-growing legume Acacia mangium. A taxonomic identity of this fungus would benefit its possible use in inoculation and planting programmes. This information is also important to expand our limited knowledge of Malaysian mycodiversity. In this paper the morphological characteristics of the ectomycorrhizas formed by FP160 with H. odorata and A. mangium are described and the fungus identified using molecular methods as a member of the family Thelephoraceae most likely a Tomentella sp. It was not possible to identify the fungus more precisely due to the limited number of sequences available for tropical Thelephoraceae in the public databases.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Acacia mangium
AGROVOC Term:	Dipterocarpaceae
AGROVOC Term:	Ectomycorrhizae
AGROVOC Term:	Seedlings
AGROVOC Term:	Shorea
AGROVOC Term:	Inoculation
AGROVOC Term:	Hopea
AGROVOC Term:	Planting
AGROVOC Term:	Tropics
AGROVOC Term:	Extraction
Geographical Term:	Malaysia
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2025 15:19
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21647

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