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Table III

Origin and frequency of Armillaria species observed in Pyrenean silver fir (Abies alba) forests.

Sample origin Frequency
Armillaria Soil Stumps Dead trees Seedlings and Area surrounding Individual Plots
species saplings plot samples

A. cepistipes 63% (42–81)1 74% (49–91) 90% (55–100) 100% (47–100) 70% (46–88) 72% (61–82) 75% (53–90)
A. gallica 18% (6–38) 21% (6–46) 0% (0–26) 0% (0–53) 15% (3–38) 15% (8–25) 25% (10–47)
A. ostoyae 18% (6–38) 5% (0–26) 10% (0–45) 0% (0–53) 15% (3–38) 13% (6–22) 20% (7–42)

Number of isolates 27 19 10 4 20 80 242
1

Percentages expressed with respect to the total of samples isolated. Confidence intervals at 95% are shown in brackets.

2

Refers to the number of plots. More than one species can be found in a single plot.