Basidiocarps of 39 epigeous species of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi were found in three fertilized Pinus taeda plantation s during 1972 and 1973. The largest numbers of basidiocarps on all three plantations were found on nonfertilized plots or plots fertilized with P only. Fewest basidiocarps were found on plots fertilized with N. Numbers of basidiocarps of Suillus hirtellus were decreased by N fertilization. Numbers of basidiocarps of some other potential mycorrhizal fungi were not altered substantially by fertilization treatments. The average numbers of total living mycorrhizal tips were correlated well with average numbers of epigeous basidiocarps of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi on fertilized plots. However, if mycorrhizal tips formed by Cenococcum geophilum, which do not form visible basidiocarps, were ignored, the remaining mycorrhizal tips were not well correlated with numbers of basidiocarps of proven or potential mycorrhizal fungi.
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