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Data from PHD-thesis of Dirk Süßenbach. For further information see references cited with the main dataset (list of specimens)

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The table is a  list of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with their host plants. The sequences are deposited in the NCBI GenBank.

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Geometrid moths caught during the PHD-thesis of Nadine Hilt in 2002 and 2003 are included. For additional information see references cited for the main dataset (list of specimens).

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Data from the PHD-thesis of Dr. Gunnar Brehm.
For additional information on methods and sites see:

Brehm, G. (2002): Diversity of geometrid moths in a montane rainforest in Ecuador. PHD-thesis. Available online at: http://opus.ub.uni-bayreuth.de/volltexte/2003/20/pdf/Dissertation_Gunnar_Brehm.pdf

Brehm, G., Süssenbach, D. and Fiedler, K. (2003): Unique elevational diversity patterns of geometrid moths in an Andean montane rainforest. Ecography 26: 456-466.

Brehm, G. and Fiedler, K. (2005): Diversity and community structure of geometrid moths of disturbed habitat in a montane area in the Ecuadorian Andes. J. Res. Lepid. 38: 1-14.

Brehm, G., Pitkin, L.M., Hilt, N. and Fiedler, K. (2005): Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths. J. Biogeogr. 32: 1621-1627.

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Mycorrhizal state of epiphytic orchids was controversially discussed and state and mycobionts of the pleurothallidin orchids, occurring abundantly and with a high number of species on stems of trees in the Andean cloud forest, were unknown. Root samples of 77 adult individuals on total of the epiphytic orchids Stelis hallii, Stelis superbiens, Pleurothallis lilijae, and Stelis concinna were collected in a tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador. Ultrastructural evidence of symbiotic interaction was combined with molecular sequencing of fungi directly from the mycorrhizas and isolation of mycobionts. Ultrastructural analyses displayed vital orchid mycorrhizas formed by fungi with an imperforate parenthesome and cell wall slime bodies typical for the genus Tulasnella. Three different Tulasnella isolates were obtained in pure culture. Phylogenetic analysis of the mycorrhiza forming Tulasnella and the Tulasnella isolates based on coding regions of the ribosomal large subunit (nucLSU) and the 5.8S subunit, including parts of the internal transcribed spacers, yielded seven distinct Tulasnella clades. Tulasnella mycobionts in Stelis concinna were restricted to two Tulasnella sequence types while the other orchids were associated with up to six Tulasnella sequence types. All Tulasnella sequences were new to science and distinct from known sequences of mycobionts of terrestrial orchids. These results indicate that tulasnelloid fungi, adapted to the conditions on tree stems, might be important for orchid growth and maintenance in the Andean cloud forest.