arbuscular mycorrhiza

An arbuscular mycorrhiza is a type of mycorrhiza in which the symbiont fungus penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant forming arbuscules. Arbuscular mycorrhizas are characterized by the formation of unique structures, arbuscules and vesicles by fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota. - wiki

You see those little white strands hanging off the root of the plant? Those are arbuscular mycorrhizal.

by DaShroomster November 17, 2020

mycorrhiza

A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association composed of a fungus and roots of a vascular plant.

"The mycorrhiza lives in symbiosis with the tree."

by PPAPnderson December 20, 2016