ABSTRACT
Introduction The importance of mycorrhizae in the restoration of native vegetation is well recognized (Jasper, 1994). Several distinct types of mycorrhizal association occur, which differ in host plant species and especially in their constituent fungi. The type of mycorrhiza must always be specified in any discussion of ecology, dispersal or inoculation techniques. The two most common types of mycorrhizae are arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) and ectomycorrhizae (ECM). AM are the most widespread (Trappe, 1987) and are almost always of importance in restoration, since host species include almost every group of vascular plants including grasses, shrubs and trees other than those that form another type of mycorrhizae, and many annuals, both wild and economic (Gerdemann, 1968). Non-AM plant species are found among the Families that form other types of mycorrhizae, together with a relatively small number of non-hosts.
