AuthorKlironomos, J.N. & Hart, M.M.
Year2001
TitleFood-web dynamics - animal nitrogen swap for plant carbon
TypePaper
SourceNature 410: 651-652.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Reports the basidiomycete toadstool, Laccaria bicolor, killing the springtail, Folsomia candida, and transferring the derived Nitrogen to its Pinus strobus ectomycorrhizal host.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentFolsomia candidaa springtailAnimalia: Entomobryomorpha: Isotomidae
CurrentLaccaria bicolorBicoloured DeceiverFungi: Agaricales: Hydnangiaceae
CurrentPinus strobusWeymouth Pine, Eastern White PinePlantae: Pinales: Pinaceae
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