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Melissa K. McCormick
Researcher at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Publications - 60
Citations - 3016
Melissa K. McCormick is an academic researcher from Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phragmites & Ceratobasidiaceae. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 55 publications receiving 2574 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa K. McCormick include Concordia University & Michigan State University.
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Mycorrhizal diversity in photosynthetic terrestrial orchids
TL;DR: The genetic diversity of mycorrhizal fungi associated with an evergreen, a spring-green, and a winter-green orchid and compared this diversity with that published for a nonphotosynthetic orchid was compared.
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Internal transcribed spacer primers and sequences for improved characterization of basidiomycetous orchid mycorrhizas
TL;DR: Broad-spectrum basidiomycete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) primers that do not exclude most known Tulasnellaceae are presented and detailed phylogenetic analyses reveal some inconsistencies in species concepts in these taxonomically challenging resupinate basidiomers, but also help to place several sequences from environmental samples.
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What constrains the distribution of orchid populations
TL;DR: A broader investigation of orchid mycorrhizal fungus distribution in the soil, coupled with fungus and recruitment mapping, is needed to translate fungal abundance to orchid population dynamics and may lead to better orchid conservation.
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The evolutionary history of mycorrhizal specificity among lady's slipper orchids.
Richard P. Shefferson,D. Lee Taylor,Sigisfredo Garnica,Melissa K. McCormick,Seth Adams,Hope M. Gray,Jack W. McFarland,Tiiu Kull,Kadri Tali,Tomohisa Yukawa,Takayuki Kawahara,Kazumitsu Miyoshi,Yung-I Lee +12 more
TL;DR: Mycorrhizal specificity in genus Cypripedium appears to be an evolvable trait, and associations with particular fungi are phylogenetically conserved.
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Orchid–fungus fidelity: a marriage meant to last?
TL;DR: The findings indicate that it is unlikely that switching fungi is a common way to improve tolerance of less severe environmental fluctuations and disturbances, and may have important implications for plant responses to severe climatic events or to more gradual environmental changes such as global warming.