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. 2015 Apr 23;10(4):e0124752. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124752

Fig 1. The colonization patterns observed in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) roots in Experiment 1.

Fig 1

1a) Typical ericoid mycorrhizal colonization formed by Rhizoscyphus ericae in blueberry roots (asterisks); stained with trypan blue, observed with DIC, bar = 25 μm. 1b) An intracellular microsclerotium formed by Phialocephala helvetica in a blueberry root (arrowhead); stained with trypan blue, observed with DIC, bar = 25 μm. 1c) Intracellular microsclerotia formed by P. helvetica in the vascular cylinder of a spruce root (arrowheads); observed with DIC, bar = 25 μm. 1d) A Hartig net formed within the spruce root cortex (arrows) and an extraradical sclerotium formed on the spruce root surface (asterisk) by Acephala macrosclerotiorum; observed with DIC, bar = 25 μm. 1e) Spruce root tips colonized by A. macrosclerotiorum with extraradical superficial sclerotia formed on the root surface (arrows); bar = 0.5 mm. 1f) Intracellular hyphal loops morphologically resembling ericoid mycorrhizae (asterisks) formed by A. macrosclerotiorum in blueberry roots; stained with trypan blue, observed with DIC, bar = 25 μm. 1g) Loose intracellular hyphal loops which may morphologically resemble ericoid mycorrhiza (asterisks) formed by Phialocephala glacialis in blueberry roots; stained with trypan blue, bar = 25 μm. 1h) Intracellular colonization of spruce root cortex by P. glacialis (arrowheads); bar = 25 μm.