Structure and specialization of mycorrhizal networks in phylogenetically diverse tropical communities

Table 1 Plant taxonomic groups tend to be colonized by different fungal lineages of putative mycorrhizal fungi

Plant taxonomic group	Fungal lineage
Plant taxonomic group	Glomeromycotina	Mucoromycotina	Sebacinales	Helotiales	Cantharellales
Bryophytes (mosses)	+	+	+	+	–
Lycopods	++	++	++	+	+
Ferns	++	–	++	+	+
Monocots (excluding Orchidaceae)	++	+	+	+	+
Orchidaceae	+	+	++	+	++
Eudicots (excluding Ericaceae)	++	+	+	++	+
Ericaceae	++	+	+	+	+

This table recapitulates the fungal colonizations reported in the different plant taxonomic groups (Fig. 2, Additional file 1: Fig. S3). “++” indicates frequent and abundant colonizations, “+” indicates more sporadic and less abundant colonizations, and “–” indicates that the fungal colonization is never (or rarely) observed. Many of these colonizations are likely to be endophytic colonizations, rather than functional mycorrhizal associations

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