A Manual of Concise Descriptions of North American Ectomycorrhizae

This ongoing series is issued in a durable binder which contains nine introductory sections and eight folios:  
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• Section 1 - aims and intentions of the manual;
• Section 2 - How to store, clean and photograph ectomycorrhizae and prepare reference material;
• Section 3 A - How to describe the morphological and anatomical features of ectomycorrhizae;
• Section 3 B - The rationale and recommended procedure for characterization of RFLP patterns;
• Section 3 C - Recommended procedure for characterization of DNA sequences;
• Section 4 - Check list of characters;
• Section 5 - An illustrated glossary;
• Section 6 - Instructions for preparing and submitting descriptions to be included in the manual;
• Section 7 - A standard format for citation of a description;
• Section 8 - Lists of the fungus and plant species of the mycorrhizae described , and a list of contributors;
• Section 9 - Literature cited in the introductory sections.

The detailed descriptions which follow the introductory sections consist of colour and black-and-white photographic plates, and text describing morphological, anatomical and DNA characteristics of each mycorrhiza.

Follow the links below to see a sample description and illustrations from the first part of this series:

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