tigated
from the tropical forests of Western Ghats
contained AM fungal structures (Raman & Nagarajan
1999). Similarly, AM fungal structures
have also been reported in roots of Corybas
macranthus (Hook. f.) Rchb. f. and Z. gracilis
(Hall 1976, Muthukumar et al. 2011). Nevertheless,
unlike D. neilgherrensis, AM fungal association
reported in terrestrial orchids so far is atypical
characterized by the presence of only hyphae