Fungal Diversity: Glomeromycota (arbuscular mycorrhizae)

Question 1

What does arbuscular mycorrhizae hyphae do?

Answer 1

They help digest small areas of the plant cell wall and enter root cells

Question 2

The tip of the hyphae branch forms dense clusters, which function in nutrient transfer between the fungus and the plant

Answer 2

Arbuscles

Question 3

Penetrate the plant’s roots and develop within the plant

Answer 3

Endomycorrhizae

Question 4

Form a sheath around the plant’s roots and does not penetrate root cells; absorbs nutrients like phosphate, zinc, and ammonium from the soil

Answer 4

Ectomycorrhizae