First Remarks on the Symbiotic Interaction Between Piriformospora indica and Terrestrial Orchids

Abstract

From a desert soil in northwest India monosporic inocula of Glomus mosseae were obtained. By placing the spores on plates with minimal medium (MM1, Williams 1992), a continuously growing mycelium could be isolated. The fungus was also cultivatable on other agar media and in liquid culture. It was described as Piriformospora indica Varma, Rexer, Kost & Franken (Varma et al. 1998).