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Mycorrhizas

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 168))

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Mycorrhizas (‘fungus-roots’: also called mycorrhizae) of one sort or another are a normal part of root function and ecology for the vast majority of terrestrial plants. Because the formation of mycorrhizas can affect the rates of growth and eventually reproduction of plants they are a potential selection factor that can influence the composition of plant communities and hence, presumably, the evolutionary success of individual plant species. Fossil mycorrhizas occur in Devonian rocks 400 million years old, so present-day myc-orrhizal symbioses are the result of a very long period of coevolution between plants and soil fungi.

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