An inside look at how plants and mycorrhizal fungi cooperate

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Apr 8, 2024, 11:01 am138 pts
For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do so, these organisms share space at the cellular scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant's root…

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