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. 2012 Aug 1;8(6):1006–1011. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0503

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Fungal–mineral interactions. (a) Branched trenches on muscovite beneath AM S. sempervirens show angular projections (ap) and residual hyphal material; inset shows Trypan blue-stained AM hyphae recovered from basalt beneath S. sempervirens. (b) Hyphae on muscovite beneath EM B. pendula share comparable morphologies with, (c), trenches on muscovite beneath the same trees. (d) Fungus recovered from basalt beneath B. pendula. (e) VSI surface profile along a mica transect showing a trench cross-section. (f) Mean ± s.d. width and depth of trench cross-sections relative to the surrounding planar surface (n = 4 scans from n = 2 pieces of muscovite per species) buried beneath S. sempervirens (red circle, AM), P. sylvestris (blue triangle, EM) and B. pendula (green squares, EM). (e) Scale bar, 10 µm.