Ecology and evolution of truffle fungi : the diversity of fungi associated with northern flying squirrels

• Main Author: Bruner, Benjamin Luke
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Truffles; Mycorrhizal fungi; Northern flying squirrel; Animal-fungus relationships; Plant-fungus relationships; Prince of Wales Island; Fairbanks; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12797

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2009 "This thesis explores the ecology of truffle fungi, a diverse assemblage of symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi that extend microscopic hyphae throughout forest floors, forming networks of foraging mycelium capable of transporting water, vitamins, mine...