• DOI:10.1038/363067A0
Corpus ID: 4319766

Origin and diversification of endomycorrhizal fungi and coincidence with vascular land plants

@article{Simon1993OriginAD,
  title={Origin and diversification of endomycorrhizal fungi and coincidence with vascular land plants},
  author={L. Simon and J. Bousquet and R. L{\'e}vesque and M. Lalonde},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1993},
  volume={363},
  pages={67-69}
}

L. Simon, J. Bousquet, +1 author M. Lalonde

Published 1993

Biology

Nature

AMONG the Eukaryota, the true fungi comprise four divisions (Chytridiomycota, Zymogomycota, Ascomycota and Basidio-mycota) that constitute a natural group which is thought to have diverged about 1 billion (109) years ago, believed also to be the time of divergence between metaphyta and metazoa lineages1. The endosymbionts responsible for the most prevalent plant root symbiosis, the vesicular–arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) or, more appropriately, arbuscular mycorrhizae, comprise 130 species of… CONTINUE READING

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