Four AMF all-stars you're likely to spot on inoculant labels. Tap a card to say hello properly.
🔊 say: "ry-ZOFF-uh-gus in-truh-RAD-ih-seez"
The lab rat of mycorrhizal fungi — one of the most studied AMF species out there, and a regular on commercial inoculant labels. If fungi had a hall of fame, it'd have a wing.
🔊 say: "ry-ZOFF-uh-gus ir-reg-yoo-LAIR-iss"
So similar to R. intraradices that scientists argued about them for years (classic family drama). Another inoculant regular, studied in plenty of pot and field trials.
🔊 say: "fun-nell-ih-FOR-miss moss-EE-eye"
Found in soils all over the world and studied across many soil types. The well-traveled one — it's seen things. (Those things were mostly roots.)
🔊 say: "klair-oy-dee-oh-GLOH-mus klair-oy-DEE-um"
Less famous, still legit — it shows up in research collections and some commercial blends. Say its name three times fast and earn your mycology merit badge. 🏅
🧪 Label tip: check for a use-by date — these are living propagules, not chemicals that sit on a shelf forever. Dead fungi can't network. 💀