The ancient, intimate relationship between trees and fungi

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February The ancient, intimate relationship between trees and fungi The ancient, intimate relationship between trees and fungi 01/02/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Mark Brundrett, Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Biological Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology and Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany at The University of Melbourne, was originally published in The Conversation on February 1. You may be familiar with the red toadstool with white spots, which are often the homes of fairies in childrenΓÇÖs stories. These toadstools are also a small part of grander magical story: they are striking examples of mycorrhizas. Mycorrhizas (pronounced my-cor-rye-zas) is the name for fungi associated with the root systems of many plants including trees, shrubs, groundcovers and grasses. These relationships are mutually symbiotic, which means both members benefit. Fungi have a deeply ancient evolutionary origin, and colonised land with the first plants around 500 million years ago to form these partnerships. We humans often underest

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February The ancient, intimate relationship between trees and fungi The ancient, intimate relationship between trees and fungi 01/02/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Mark Brundrett, Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Biological Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology and Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany at The University of Melbourne, was originally published in The Conversation on February 1.

You may be familiar with the red toadstool with white spots, which are often the homes of fairies in childrenΓÇÖs stories.

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