Quote Originally Posted by alchemiser
This site describes the Mycorrhizas very nicely. :thumbsup:

http://www.ffp.csiro.au/research/mycorrhiza/
Great pictures
karmaxul Reviewed by karmaxul on . Mycorrhizae Mycorrhizae: Some soil fungi form mycorrhizae (intimate associations between fungi and roots of plants). The fungi acts as additional roots, helping the plant acquire nutrients. Probably, most plants have mycorrhizae, but some mycorrhizae associations, such as those between basidiomycete and beech, birch and pine trees, are particularly abundant in forest soils of temperate regions. The fungal mycelium penetrates the outermost layers of the tree root, but most of the mycelium remains Rating: 5