Sub-genus Amylopogon are ectomycorrhizal fungi categorized as
monotropoid mycorrhiza.[2] These fungi are characterized by the presence of a mantle,
Hartig net, unique fungal peg, and intracellular hyphal complexes.[3] They are also classified by a specific and obligate symbiosis with members of
Monotropoideae through a process known as
myco-heterotrophy.[1][4][5] Monotropoideae species depend on Amylopogon fungi for carbon which they in turn acquire from members of Pinus in a
host specific
tripartite Hartig net exchange.
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