Table 4: List of some ecm fungi and associated eucalypt hosts spontaneously found in South America: Brazil (BR), Uruguay (UR), and Argentina (AR).

Fungal species Host tree Country Chondrogaster angustisporus Eucalyptus spp. BR, UR Chondrogaster sp. E. dunnii BR Descomyces fusisporus sp. nov. E. cinerea AR D. varians sp. nov. E. camaldulensis AR Descomyces sp. E. dunnii BR Hydnangium archeri (Berk.) Rodway E. camaldulensis AR H. carneum Wallr. E. cinerea, E. camaldulensis AR Hydnangium sp. E. grandis BR Hymenogaster rehsteineri Bucholtz Eucalyptus spp. AR Hysterangium affine Eucalyptus spp. BR Hysterangium gardneri E. Fisch. E. camaldulensis AR H. inflatum Eucalyptus spp. BR Labyrinthomyces sp. E. dunnii BR L. laccata var. pallidifolia sp. E. dunnii BR L. proxima sp. E. dunnii BR Laccaria sp. E. grandis BR Pisolithus albus Eucalyptus spp. BR P. marmoratus Eucalyptus spp. BR P. microcarpus Eucalyptus spp. BR Pisolithus sp. E. grandis BR Scleroderma albidum sp. E. dunnii BR S. areolatum sp. E. dunnii BR S. bougheri sp. E. dunnii BR S. cepa sp. E. dunnii BR Scleroderma sp. E. grandis BR Setchelliogaster tenuipes (Setch.) Pouzar E. camaldulensis AR Setchelliogaster sp. E. dunnii BR Thelephora sp. E. grandis BR