MYCORRHIZAE
READING ASSIGNMENT:
Text: 291-294.
QUESTIONS
FOR FURTHER THOUGHT AND STUDY
WEB SITES ON THE INTERNET:
The
Microbial World: Mycorrhizas
An excellent website with text and photos.
Mycorrhizas
Text on the various types of mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizae --
Mutualistic Plant-Fungus Symbiosis (The Fifth Kingdom)
Pictorial review of the types of mycorrhizae.
LECTURE QUESTIONS:
1. What is (define) mycorrhizae.
2. Compare and contrast (including well labeled diagrams)
endomycorrhizae
and ectomycorrhizae. What is the fungus mantle and Hartig net,
arbuscules
and vesicles, and VA mycorrhizae? List some fungal examples of both
endo-
and ectomycorrhizae.
3. Since a mycorrhizal association is a mutualism between root and
fungus,
list the benefits derived from the association by each partner.
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