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Taxomony and mycorrhizal ecology of the desert truffles in the genus Terfezia

Creator:

Alsheikh, Abdulmagid M.

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Mycorrhizal fungi in arid and semiarid rangelands have received little study in southwest Asia and north Africa, although they are important in food production and rangeland productivity. The desert truffles of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania form fruiting-bodies and mycorrhizae with rangeland plants. This thesis treats the taxonomy and the...

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Dissertation

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. William Denison, William Chilcote and Robert Linderman for their guidance and support, and for serving
Soil fungal hyphal dynamics and seasonal hypogeous sporocarp production in western Oregon Douglas-fir forests

Creator:

Hunt, Gary, 1945-

Abstract:

Total length and biomass of fungal mycelium in the soil of a young Douglas-fir stand in the central Oregon Coast Range were estimated over 27 months with the agar-film technique. In a second study, phenology and taxonomy of hypogeous (belowground) sporocarps were studied over 32 months in a nearby, young...

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Dissertation

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committee for their guidance and advice: Drs. William Denison, William Chilcote, David Perry, Kermit