ericoid

More precisely ericoid means "resembling an Erica" in some relevant way.

All the species are ericoid shrublets, endemic to fynbos areas.

The leaves are generally ericoid, alternate or sub opposite, often fascicled.

They also form mycorrhizas with ericoid plants.

In habit they are ericoid shrubs or shrublets.

Typical fynbos foliage is ericoid rather than fine.

Many of the fungi which form ericoid mycorrhizas are from the ascomycete order Helotiales.

Vegetation is characterized by Sphagnum mosses and ericoid dwarf-shrubs.

Ericoid mycorrhiza are a symbiotic relationship between fungi and the roots of plants from the order Ericales.

The ericoid thickets are surrounded at lower elevations by the Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion.

Ascomycota fungi form ericoid mycorrhizas with plants of the order Ericales, and ectomycorrhizas with trees.

There is some evidence that eutrophic rain water can convert ericoid heaths with species like Erica tetralix to grasslands.

In four areas above 1800-2000 meters elevation, the subhumid forests yield to the montane Madagascar ericoid thickets.

The ericoid thickets are characterized by shrubs of the flowering plant families Ericaceae and Asteraceae.

Ericoid mycorrhiza are considered crucial for the success of the family Ericaceae in variety of edaphically stressful environments worldwide.

The term is not precise, but "ericoid leaves" is a convenient way to describe small, tough (sclerophyllous) leaves like those of heather.

The most conspicuous components of the flora are evergreen sclerophyllous plants, many with ericoid leaves and gracile habit, as opposed to timber forest.

Basidiomycota fungi form ecto-, orchid, monotropoid, arbutoid, and some ericoid mycorrhizae.

Most of these do not have anything like ericoid leaves, and nor do most Rhamnaceae, Fabaceae, or Geraniaceae.

Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, which are predominately ascomycetes, enable their host plant to obtain nutrients in these depauperate soils.

Geomyces species are known to form ericoid mycorrhizae with the roots of alpine Ericales and other perennial hosts, helping these plants adapt to low-nutrient environments.

They are popularly called heaths and are generally smaller plants bearing many small, tubular or globular flowers and ericoid leaves.

The Madagascar ericoid thickets is a montane shrubland ecoregion, found in the high mountains of Madagascar.

At the highest elevations, above 2000 meters, the subhumid forests transition to the Madagascar ericoid thickets, a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion.

Unlike other mycorrhizal relationships, such as arbuscular mycorrhiza and ericoid mycorrhiza, ectomycorrhizal fungi do not penetrate their host's cell walls.