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Fig. 2

From: A method for facilitating the seed germination of a mycoheterotrophic orchid, Gastrodia pubilabiata, using decomposed leaf litter harboring a basidiomycete fungus, Mycena sp.

Fig. 2

Seed germination and seedling growth of Gastrodia pubilabiata. a, b Protocorms after 35 days of culture. Fungal hyphae and white rhizomorphs are evident around the protocorms; c Seedlings after 35 days of culture. Roots (arrows) and tubers (T) are evident; d A Box 1 seedling after 65 days of culture. Elongated roots (arrows) and hairy tubers (T); e A seedling root with attached fungal rhizomorphs after 120 days of culture. Rhizomorphs (Rz) growing from a dead branch are connected to a mycorrhizal root (Ro)

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