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What kind of structure has a symbiotic relationship with fungi in mycorrhizae?
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∙ 9y ago
Mycorrhizae are symbiotic relationships between the roots of plants and fungi that act as extensions of the root system. The fungi supply the plant with certain nutrients, and the plant in turn supplies the fungi with carbohydrates.
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∙ 9y agoA mycorrhiza is defined as a symbiotic relationship between the roots of plants and fungi. Lichens have a symbiotic relationship with fungi in mycorrhizae.
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The association of plants and fungi in mycorrhizae illustrates a type of relationship called?
Mutualism.
What do green algae supply to the fungi in the symbiotic relationship of lichens?
it supplys food
Plant seed coats mycorrhizae and cuticles are examples of?
In plants cuticles prevent water loss, and seed coats protect the seed inside. Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations that form between the roots of most plant species and fungi. For example, Fungi helped early plants absorb nutrients from the hard, rocky soil. These are all examples of evolutionary adaptations of plants.
What is common term for fungi that form symbioses in plant roots?
Mycorrhizae
Mutualistic fungi that help to provide nutrients to trees shrubs and other plants?
True
Symbiotic relationship in the temperate rainforest?
The mycorrhizae fungi supply the plant with dissolved minerals and water from the soil in exchange the plant returns sugars to the fungus.
What are certain fungi that play important roles in the nutrition of vascular plants by forming symbiotic associations with their roots?
Mycorrhizae
What organisms exemplify a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi?
Lichens consist of fungi and algae living in a symbiotic relationship.
What is the name of the symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism?
There are several symbiotic relationships that fungi have with photosynthetic organisms. Two are mutualisms: lichens and mycorrhizae. In lichens, the fungi pair with alage to produce a structure and relationship that allows both to survive in habitats neither could survive in on their own. Mycorrhizae are fungi that grow on or in plant roots. Occassionally, they help the plant out by expanding the surface area over which nutrients and water can be absorbed into the plant. Sometimes, though, the mycorrhizae form a parasitic relationship and simply steal sugars from the roots. There is some evidence that mycorrhizae can also protect roots from pathogens. There are many pathogenic fungi that also have symbiotic relationships with plants. (A symbiotic relationshis is simply a relationship in which two or more organisms live in very close association--usually on or within one another. They can be beneficial or harmful.) The best examples of these are the rusts, smuts, and powdery mildews. (My favorites are the members of the genra Physocladia and Urophlyctis.) There are also several commensal relationships, which means there is a symbiosis but it is not clear if it is beneficial or harmful. These include the endophytes. These are fungi that live within plant tissue but produce no visible signs of damage. The only way of detecting them is to stain for them or convince them to grow on agar.
The association of plants and fungi in mycorrhizae illustrates a type of relationship called?
Mutualism.
What kingdom does fungi live in?
The word mycorrhizae refers to a symbiotic partnership that includes both the fungus and the plant kingdom. Mycorrhizal fungi are the fungus kingdom portion. They attach to the plant root of the plant kingdom. The fungus root that results is called mycorrhizae.
What associations formed by fungi in mycorrhiza and lichens are similar to what?
The associations formed by fungi in mycorrhizae and lichens are similar to the one formed by oxpeckers and zebras. This is a mutualistic relationship where both parties benefit from the association.
What is it called when there is a symbiotic relationship between a fungi and the roots of a plant?
Mycorrhiza!
What type of symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi?
It is called a lichen.
Do fungi usually form symbiotic associations with animals and bacteria?
No, fungi can live without a relationship with animals or bacteria.
What do green algae supply to the fungi in the symbiotic relationship of lichens?
it supplys food
Do viruses infect fungi?
Yes. Mycoviruses are viruses that infect certain fungi including mushrooms/toadstools, moulds like penicillin, and mycorrhizae. They can therefore affect production of edible mushrooms, penicillin and plants that benefit from useful symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi on their roots.
