[Yung-I Lee] Diverse Mycorrhizal Associations and Nutritional Strategies in Didymoplexis Orchids
Associate Professor Yung-Yi Lee and his team investigated the mycorrhizal strategies of three Didymoplexis orchid species in Taiwan. The results showed that D. pallens and D. micradenia mainly associate with litter-decaying fungi, whereas D. siamensis is primarily associated with ectomycorrhizal fungi, with additional links to wood-decaying fungi. These orchids exhibited the characteristic carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures of fully mycoheterotrophic orchids. The study was published in Mycorrhiza (Lee et al., 2025).
Article source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00572-025-01208-5