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Book SynopsisMycoheterotrophy: An introduction.- Taxonomy and classification.- Biogeography and conservation.- Subterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures.- Evolution and diversification.- Progress and prospects for the ecological genetics of mycoheterotrophs.- Species interactions of mycoheterotrophic plants specialization and its potential consequences.- The physiological ecology of mycoheterotrophy.
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Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013
“This exceptional book provides detailed background information on plants that obtain their organic carbon from fungi … . Each well-written chapter is an in-depth study with an extensive list of current references. This superb resource provides a wonderful overview and detailed examination of mycoheterotrophs. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professional botanists and mycologists.” (K. M. Foos, Choice, Vol. 51 (2), October, 2013)
Table of Contents1 Mycoheterotrophy: An introduction
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx
2. Taxonomy and classification
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx, John V. Freudenstein, Jonathan Kissling, Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Raymond E. Stotler, Barbara Crandall-Stotler, Norman Wickett, Paula J. Rudall, Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer, and Paul J. M. Maas
3. Biogeography and conservation
Vincent S. F. T. Merckx, Erik F. Smets, and Chelsea D. Specht
4. Subterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures
Stephan Imhof, Hugues B. Massicotte, Lewis H. Melville, and R. Larry Peterson
5. Evolution and diversification
Vincent S.F.T. Merckx, Constantijn B. Mennes, Kabir G. Peay, and József Geml
6. Progress and prospects for the ecological genetics of mycoheterotrophs
D. Lee Taylor, Craig F. Barrett, Gemma E. Beatty, Sarah E. Hopkins, Aaron H. Kennedy, and Matthew R. Klooster
7. Species interactions of mycoheterotrophic plants – specialization and its potential consequences
Richard J. Waterman, Heiko Hentrich, Matthew R. Klooster, and Martin I. Bidartondo
8. The physiological ecology of mycoheterotrophy
Nicole A. Hynson, Thomas Madsen, Marc-André Selosse, Iris K. U. Adam, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Melanie Roy, and Gerhard Gebauer
