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. 2021 Jan 8;134(1):19–41. doi: 10.1007/s10265-020-01244-6

Table 1.

Mycoheterotrophic species associated with litter- or wood-decaying fungi, and the taxonomic affiliations of their mycobionts

Plant taxa Taxonomic affiliation of mycobionts Analysesa References Notes
Order Taxa
Cremastra aphylla Agaricales Coprinellus domesticus, Coprinellus sp. Molecular identification, sporocarp formation Yagame et al. (2018) One of the isolates was identified as C. domesticus.
Cyrtosia javanica Polyporales Meripilaceae Molecular identification, stable isotopes Lee et al. (2015) The Meripilaceae fungi were identified as Physisporinus by Yamashita et al. (2020).

C. septentrionalis

(Galeola septentrionalis)b

Agaricales Armillaria mellea Rhizomorph morphology, isolate characteristics Hamada (1939, 1940)
Armillaria mellea Symbiotic culture Terashita (1985) Aseptic seedlings formed mycorrhizae with A. mellea.
Armillaria tabescens Sporocarp formation Terashita and Chuman (1987)
Armillaria borealis, A. cepistipes, A. gallica (A. bulbosa), A. mellea, A. tabescens SI test Terashita and Chuman (1989), Terashita (1996) Possibly A. borealis, but further identification is required.
Armillaria Isozyme Matsushita et al. (1996) The fungal isolates were assigned to four biological species.
Armirallia jezoensis SI test Cha and Igarashi (1996)
Armirallia jezoensis PCR-RFLP Terashima et al. (1998)
Armillaria mellea SI test, RAPD Ota et al. (2000)
Armillaria gallica, A. mellea, A. tabescens Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2013) Seed germination was stimulated, but no further growth was observed.
Polyporales Meripilaceae Symbiotic culture, molecular identification Umata et al. (2013) Seed germination and following seedling growth were promoted. The Meripilaceae fungus was identified as Physisporinus by Yamashita et al. (2020).
Russulales Xylobolus annosus Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2013) Seed germination was stimulated, but no further growth was observed.
Cantharellales Rhizoctonia repens Symbiotic culture Masuhara and Katsuya (1991) Aseptic seedlings formed mycorrhizae with R. repens.
Nakamura et al. (1975), Nakamura (1982) The aseptic seed germination was observed.
Umata et al. (2006) No fungal peloton was observed in the protocorms obtained from in situ seed germination.
Stable isotopes Motomura et al. (2010)
Radiocarbon Suetsugu et al. (2020b)
Didymoplexis micradenia (D. minor) b Agaricales Marasmius coniatus var. didymoplexis Symbiotic culture, sporocarp formation Burgeff (1932, 1936, 1959)
D. pallens Agaricales Marasmius coniatus var. didymoplexis Symbiotic culture, sporocarp formation Burgeff (1932, 1936, 1959)
Irawati (2002) Aseptic seedlings produced inflorescences.
Epipogium roseum Agaricales Coprinellus (Coprinus)b, Psathyrella Molecular identification Yamato et al. (2005)
Coprinellus Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Yagame et al. (2007)
Coprinellus disseminatus Sporocarp formation Yagame et al. (2008)

Erythrorchis altissima

(Galeola altissima, E. ochobiensis) b

Hymenochaetales Erythromyces crocicreas (Hymenochaete crociceras)b Isolate characteristics Hamada and Nakamura (1963)
Agaricales Lentinula edodes Symbiotic culture Umata (1998a) See also supplemental information of Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018) for a series of studies by Umata.
Lyophyllum shimeji Symbiotic culture Umata (1997a) Seed germination was stimulated, but no promotive effect for further development.
Pleurotus ostreatus Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2000a)
Gymnopus, Hypholoma, Mycena, Neonothopanus Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018) The Gymnopus sequence was nested within the Marasmiellus clade (Fig. S2).
Atheliales Athelia Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Auriculariales Auricularia polytricha Symbiotic culture Umata (1997b)
Cantharellales Ceratobasidium, Tulasnella Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Corticiales Vuilleminia Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Hymenochaetales Erythromyces crocicreas Symbiotic culture Umata (1995, 1998b)
Phellinus sp. Symbiotic culture Umata (1995, 1998b)
Phellinus gilvus, Phellinus wahlbergii Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2000a)
Fuscoporia, Hymenocaetaceae Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Polyporales Fomitopsis vinosa, Lentinus sajor-caju, Panus tigrinus Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2000a)
Ganoderma australe, Loweporus tephroporus, Microporus affinis Symbiotic culture Umata (1995, 1998b)
Lenzites betulinus, Trametes hirsuta Symbiotic culture Umata (1999)
Ceriporia, Hyphoderma, Ischnoderma, Microporus, Phanerochaete, Phanerocaetaceae, Phlebia, Phlebiopsis, Stereum Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Russulales Hericium erinaceus, Xylobolus annosus Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2000a)
Asterostroma, Coniophorafomes matsuzawae, Russulac, Scytinostroma Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Sebacinales Russula Serendipitaceae Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Trechisporales Hyphodontia, Sitstostremastrum, Trechispora, Trechisporales, Trichaptum cf. durum Molecular identification, stable isotopes Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2018)
Erythrorchis cassythoides Agaricales, Russulales Russulac, Gymnopus Molecular identification Dearnaley (2006) The Gymnopus sequence was nested within the Marasmiellus clade (Fig. S2).
Eulophia zollingeri Agaricales Psathyrella cf. candolleana Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita and Yukawa (2008)
Radiocarbon Suetsugu et al. (2020b)
Galeola falconeri Polyporales Meripilaceae Molecular identification, stable isotopes Lee et al. (2015) The Meripilaceae fungus was identified as Physisporinus by Yamashita et al. (2020).
G. nudifolia (G. hydra)b Polyporales Fomes Burgeff (1959)
Gastrodia appendiculata Agaricales Mycena Molecular identification, stable isotopes Lee et al. (2015)
G. callosa Mycelia without clamp connection Microscopic observation Burgeff (1932, 1959)
G. confusa Agaricales Clitocybula, Gymnopus, Mycena Molecular identification, stable isotopes Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2009) Mycena was the most dominant. The sequences of Clitocybula and Gymnopus were nested within the hydropoid and Marasmiellus clades, respectively (Fig. S2).
Mycena Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Shimaoka et al. (2017)
Cantharellales Ceratobasidium Molecular identification Ogura-Tsujita et al. (2009)
G. cunninghamii Agaricales Armillaria mellea Morphology of rhizomorph Campbell (1962) Rhizomorphs were attached to the tuber surfaces.
G. elata Agaricales Armillaria mellea Rhizomorph morphology Kusano (1911) See also the review by Xu and Guo (2000) and Liu et al. (2010) for G. elata study.
A. gallica SI test Mohammed et al. (1994)
A. gallica, A. jezoensis, A. ostoyae, A. sinapina, A. singula SI test, isozyme Cha and Igarashi (1995)
A. gallica SI test, sporocarp formation Kikuchi et al. (2008b)
A. cepistipes, A. gallica, A. nabsnona SI test Kikuchi et al. (2008a)
A. nabsnona SI test, molecular identification Sekizaki et al. (2008)
Armirallia (seven lineages) Molecular identification Guo et al. (2016)
Armirallia Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Yeh et al. (2017)
Mycena anoectochila Symbiotic culture Guo et al. (1997)
Mycena dendrobii Symbiotic culture Guo et al. (1999), Pan et al. (2015)
Mycena orchidicola Symbiotic culture Fan et al. (1996)
Mycena osmundicola, Mycena Symbiotic culture Hong et al. (2002)
Mycena osmundicola Sporocarp formation, symbiotic culture Xu and Guo (1989)
Mycena osmundicola Symbiotic culture Kim et al. (2006)
Armillaria mellea, Mycena osmundicola Symbiotic culture Park et al. (2012)
Mycena Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Park and Lee (2013a)
Armillaria mellea, Mycena Symbiotic culture Park and Lee (2013b)
Mycena Symbiotic culture, TEM Li et al. (2020)
Agaricales and others Unidentified Agaricales and others Illumina sequencing Chen et al. (2019) Identified from seedlings.
Hymenochaetales Resinicium Illumina sequencing Chen et al. (2019) Identified from seedlings.
Radiocarbon Suetsugu et al. (2020b)
G. flabilabella Agaricales Hydropus Molecular identification, stable isotopes Lee et al. (2015)
Agaricales and others Mycena and others Illumina sequencing Liu et al. (2015)
G. fontinalis Agaricales Gymnopus, Mycena Molecular identification, stable isotopes Lee et al. (2015)
G. javanica Agaricales Xerotus javanicus Sporocarp formation Burgeff (1936, 1959)
G. lacista Stable isotopes Sommer et al. (2012)
G. minor Clamp bearing fungus Isolate characteristics Campbell (1963)
G. nantoensis Agaricales Mycena Molecular identification, stable isotopes Lee et al. (2015)
G. nipponica Agaricales Crinipellis, Clitocybula, Gymnopus, Marasmiellus, Marasmius, Mycena Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016) The sequences of Crinipellis, Critocybula, Gymnopus, Marasmiellus and Marasmius were spread into the Omphalotaceae, Marasmiaceae and hydropoid clades (Fig. S2).
Auriculariales Auricularia Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016)
Corticiales Corticium Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Shimaoka et al. (2017)
Hymenochaetales Resinicium Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016)
Polyporales Meruliaceae, Phlebiopsis, Polyporales Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016)
Theleporus Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Shimaoka et al. (2017)
Russulales Lactariusc, Peniophoraceae, Russulac Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016)
Sebacinales Sebacinac Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016)
Trechisporales Trechispora Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Shimaoka et al. (2017)
G. pubilabiata Agaricales Crinipellis, Clitocybula, Gymnopus, Marasmiellus, Marasmius, Mycena, Pterulaceae Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016) The sequences of Crinipellis, Clitocybula, Gymnopus, Marasmiellus and Marasmius were spread into the Omphalotaceae, Marasmiaceae and hydropoid clades (Fig. S2).
Mycena Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Higaki et al. (2017)
Cantharellales Tulasnella Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016)
Polyporales Diplomitoporus rimosus Molecular identification Kinoshita et al. (2016) Fungal ITS sequences had 100% similarity with D. rimosus.
Diplomitoporus rimosus Molecular identification, symbiotic culture Shimaoka et al. (2017) Fungal ITS sequence from protocorm shared 558/559 bp identity with that from D. rimosus.
Isolates from G. confusa (G. verrucosa) Symbiotic culture Umata et al. (2000b)
G. sesamoides Polyporales Probably Fomes mastoporus Field observation Campbell (1964) Mycelium, that was similar to the mycobiont of G. sesamoides, was traced to the sporocarp of F. mastoporus.
Agaricales Campanella, Marasmius Molecular identification, stable isotopes Dearnaley and Bougoure (2010) The sequences of Campanella and Marasmius were nested within the campanelloids and Omphalotaceae clades, respectively (Fig. S2).
Clamp bearing fungus Microscopic observation McLennan (1959)
Stable isotopes Gomes et al. (2020)
G. similis Hymenochaetales Resinicium, Mycena, Gymnopus Molecular identification, stable isotopes Martos et al. (2009) Resinicium is the most dominant. The Gymnopus sequence was nested within the Marasmiellus clade (Fig. S2).
G. verrucosa Clamp bearing isolates from G. nipponica and G. verrucosa Symbiotic culture Tashima et al. (1978) Plant identification is erroneous and may represent either Gastrodia confusa or G. pubilabiata (H. Umata, personal communication).
Wullschlaegelia calcarata Agaricales Gymnopus, Mycena Molecular identification Martos et al. (2009) A species was wrongly identified as W. aphylla in Martos et al. (2009) (see Hatté et al. 2020). The Gymnopus sequences were nested within the two clades of Omphalotaceae (Fig. S2).
Radiocarbon Hatté et al. (2020)
Yoania amagiensis Polyporales Physisporinus (four OTUs) Molecular identification Yamashita et al. (2020)
Y. flava Unidentified isolate from Y. flava rhizome Symbiotic culture Tsuda et al. (2004) Asymbiotic culture was also achieved.
Polyporales Physisporinus (a single OTU), Thelephoraceaec Molecular identification Yamashita et al. (2020) A single Physisporinus OTU is dominantly detected.
Y. japonica Polyporales Physisporinus (two OTUs) Molecular identification Yamashita et al. (2020) A single OTU is dominantly detected.
Radiocarbon Suetsugu et al. (2020b)

aMethods for fungal identification are shown. Molecular identification: Identification by using extract DNA from the fungal isolates or mycorrhizal roots. Sporocarp formation: Identification by morphology of sporocarp formed from fungal isolates. Isolate characteristics: Fungal isolates were identified by morphological and cultural characteristics. SI test: Somatic incompatibility test of fungal isolates. Symbiotic culture: Plants were co-cultured with fungi. Illumina sequencing: Fungal community in mycorrhizal tissue was assessed by llumina sequencing. TEM: Transmission electron microscopy. Stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon approach are also indicated as “Stable isotopes” and “Radiocarbon”, respectively

bBinomials in parentheses are those used in the original publications. Current taxonomic literature suggests that these names are appropriate to treat as synonyms, c Ectomycorrhizal fungi