ECTOMYCORRHIZAE SYNTHESIZED BETWEEN PINUS-RADIATA AND 8 FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH PINUS SPP

The capability of several fungal species, collected in the held in ass ociation with species of the genus Pinus, to form ectomycorrhizae with Pinus radiata have been determinated in vitro and in containers. Hebe loma longicaudum, Russula sanguinea, Tricholoma albobruneum, Tuber bor chii and Xerocomus badius have formed ectomycorrhizae with Pinus radia ta by pure culture synthesis. These species and other three, Boletus p inophilus, Gautieria othii and Scleroderma polyrhizum, have formed ect omycorrhizae in open containers by methods of vegetative mycelial inoc ulation and spore inoculation These eight symbioses with Pinus radiata have not been previously described.