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The evolutionary pathway leading to full mycoheterotrophy exploiting saprotrophic fungi remains largely unknown. Here we provide multifaceted evidence that a photosynthetic orchid acquired carbon fixed in past decades (14C-enriched bomb carbon) from wood via saprotrophic fungi, indicating a novel evolutionary pathway for full mycoheterotrophy.

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This page is a summary of: Novel mycorrhizal cheating in a green orchid: Cremastra appendiculata depends on carbon from deadwood through fungal associations, New Phytologist, April 2021, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17313.
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