Fungal Associations

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
1 Exploring the Genome of Glomeromycotan Fungi....Pages 1-21
2 Molecular Approaches to Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Functioning....Pages 23-37
3 The Interface Between Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi: Nutrient Exchange, Signaling and Cell Organization....Pages 39-49
4 Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: A Key Component of Sustainable Plant–Soil Ecosystems....Pages 51-75
5 The Geosiphon – Nostoc Endosymbiosis and Its Role as a Model for Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Research....Pages 77-91
6 De-Constructing a Mutualist: How the Molecular Blueprints of Model Symbiotic Fungi Are Changing Our Understanding of Mutualism....Pages 93-117
7 Carbohydrates Exchange Between Symbionts in Ectomycorrhizas....Pages 119-136
8 Lipids of Mycorrhizas....Pages 137-169
9 The Role of the Stonesphere for the Interactions Between Mycorrhizal Fungi and Mycorrhizosphere Bacteria During Mineral Weathering....Pages 171-180
10 Context-Dependent Interaction Hierarchies and the Organization of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities....Pages 181-195
11 Ectendomycorrhizas: Occurrence, Structural Characteristics, and Possible Roles....Pages 197-205
12 Orchid Mycorrhizas: Molecular Ecology, Physiology, Evolution and Conservation Aspects....Pages 207-230
13 The Symbiotic Fungus Piriformospora indica : Review....Pages 231-254
14 Genetic Diversity and Functional Aspects of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 255-285
15 The Symbiotic Phenotype of Lichen-Forming Ascomycetes and Their Endo- and Epibionts....Pages 287-339
16 Basidiolichens....Pages 341-362
17 Bacteria and the Lichen Symbiosis....Pages 363-372
18 Fungal and Bacterial Volatile Organic Compounds: An Overview and Their Role as Ecological Signaling Agents....Pages 373-393
Back Matter....Pages 395-406