▁of ▁species - specific ▁fung al ▁sym b ion ts ▁is ▁cru cial ▁given ▁the ▁end anger ed ▁status ▁of ▁many ▁orch ids ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁The ▁identification ▁of ▁their ▁fung al ▁sym b ion ts ▁could ▁prove ▁useful ▁in ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁and ▁re int roduction ▁of ▁threatened ▁orch ids . ▁Research ers ▁in ▁India ▁have ▁used ▁samples ▁from ▁adult ▁orch ids ▁to ▁germ inate ▁se eds ▁from ▁an ▁end anger ed ▁orch id ▁D act yl or h iza ▁hat ag ire a ▁which ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁associate ▁closely ▁with ▁Cer at ob as id ium . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁" Or ch id ▁My cor rh iza ", ▁from ▁F ung al ▁Bi ology ▁( online ▁text book ), ▁School ▁of ▁Bi ological ▁Sciences , ▁University ▁of ▁Sydney , ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 4 : ▁ ▁" Function ▁of ▁Or ch id ▁My cor rh iz as " ▁ ▁" Sym b ion ts ▁of ▁Or ch id ▁My cor rh iza " ▁ ▁" Or ch ido id ▁my cor rh iz ae " ▁from ▁My cor rh iz ae ▁and ▁Plant ▁Ph y log eny ▁( website ) ▁by ▁Frank ▁C . ▁Land is , ▁Bot any ▁Department , ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison , ▁January ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁Category : Sym b ios is ▁Category : So il ▁bi ology ▁Category : Or ch id ▁morph ology <0x0A> </s> ▁Sch ull ▁or ▁Sk