Mycorrhizal fungal associations in Burmannia mycoheterotrophs

Mycoheterotrophs usually have specific relationships with fungi than that of green plants, for reasons that are largely unknown. Determining the factors leading to specificity in mycoheterotrophs could provide insights on the constraints to mycoheterotrophic evolution. Here we investigated mycorrhizal fungal communities in seven Burmannia species with different trophic modes and their co-occurring plants to determine the roles of ecological factors on the specific fungal associations in mycoheterotrophs.