Some ectomycorrhizal root tips I recently had the pleasure of photographing. #mycorrhizal #emfungi #mycorrhizae

Schema representing root-fungal interactions underground. On the left is a hypothetical donor tree. In the centre is ECM mycelium. On the right is a receiving seedling. A gear with an exclamation point symbolises our lack of knowledge on these interactions where the mycelium intersects the roots. Blue arrows from each actor point to text in the middle which reads 'respiration, exudation, turn-over, mass flow, assimilation and redistribution by soil biota'.

2. Re-examining the evidence for the mother tree hypothesis – resource sharing among trees via ectomycorrhizal networks in @newphyt.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/nph.18935

#OpenAccess #mycology #fungi #EMFungi #mycorrhizae