Arbuscular mycorrhiza of plants spontaneously colonizing the soda heap in Jaworzno (southern Poland)

Abstract

The results of studies of the mycorrhizal status of plant species spontaneously established on the soda heap located in Jaworzno (Upper Silesia, Poland) are presented. Additionally, the species of arbuscular fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota extracted from field-collected rhizosphere substrate samples of the heap are showed. Arbuscular mycorrhizae were described in 17 plant species. Five <em>Glomus</em> spp. were recognized in the spore populations of arbuscular fungi isolated. The investigation presented in this paper for the first time revealed <em>Centaurea stoebe</em> and <em>Trifolium montanum</em> to be hosts of arbuscular fungi.