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A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a plant root and a fungus. Mycorrhizas are classified into seven categories according to how the fungi penetrate the root cells, i.e., arbuscular mycorrhiza (forming a symbiotic association between more than 80% of vascular plants and zygomycetous fungi in the Glomales), ectomycorrhiza (an association between about 3% of seed plants and basidiomycetous fungi), ascomycetous and zygomycetous fungi, ericoid mycorrhiza, ectendomycorrhiza, arbutoid mycorrhiza, and monotropoid and orchidoid mycorrhiza (Smith and Read 1997; Raina et al. 2000). Mycorrhizal associations, both directly and indirectly, play a very important role in forest ecosystems: they enhance the uptake of water and plant nutrients, they promote plant growth, they increase resistance to drought, freezing, salinity, and root pathogens, they influence plant communities, and they play a role in the circulation of materials.
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Okabe, H. (2002). Dynamics of Ectomycorrhizas and Actinorhizal Associations. In: Nakashizuka, T., Matsumoto, Y. (eds) Diversity and Interaction in a Temperate Forest Community. Ecological Studies, vol 158. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67879-3_21
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