mycorrhiza: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	mycorhiza

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Know about the role of fungi in the forest ecosystem, where some digest plant matter, while others team with the plant (mycorrhizal) mutually

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ectotrophic mycorrhiza endotrophic mycorrhiza lichen