What are mycorrhizal fungi?

• Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiosis with > 90% of land plants
• They live in the soil and colonize plant roots
• Mycorrhizae provides better absorption of nutrients and increased water uptake to the plant in exchange for carbon supply
• They cannot function without living plants
• Plants control the symbiosis, root exudates trigger spore germination
• Increase root absorption area (up to 50x)
• Increase tolerance to various stressors (drought, nutrient deficiency, heavy metal toxicity, etc.)
• Different types of mycorrhizae