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. A. Compare and contrast (including well labeled diagrams) endomycorrhizae and ectomycorrhizae.

    B. What is the fungus mantle and Hartig net, arbuscules and vesicles, and VA mycorrhizae?

    C. 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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