幼齢ないし若齢林に多く、マツ類の苗の周囲にも発生し、壮齢ないし老齢林においては、土壌微生物学的に未熟な傾向がある尾根筋などに好んで生息する[13]。また、地中では鉱物質層(B層)に生息し、そこからマツ類の細根に沿って有機物に富んだ層(F層ないしA層)へと細くて白色の菌糸束を伸ばし、つぎつぎに外生菌根を形成していく[22]。チチアワタケの純粋培養菌株をアカマツあるいはヒマラヤゴヨウ(Pinus wallichiana A. B. Jackson)の苗に接種すると、苗の全重量・主根の長さ・側根の本数は50 - 60パーセント増加したという[23]。なお、窒素15(15N)を標識とした室内実験によれば、アカマツの生育基質中に含まれる窒素のうち、アカマツの針葉に供給されるのはその10 - 60パーセントに過ぎず、残りの大部分はチチアワタケの菌糸中に蓄積されるという結果が得られている[24]。
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