Chapter 17, Problem 13RQ

Summary Introduction

Glomeromycetes is a small and unique group of symbiotic fungi which form associations with roots of higher plants called endomycorrhizae. Mycorrhizae are symbiotic association between fungi and plants. Glomeromycetes can reproduce only by the means of asexual process and their hyphae are mostly coenocytic (multinucleated) in morphology.

Glomeromycetes live in soil and extend their hyphae into plant roots. They form distinct type of mycorrhizae, with symbiotic relationship with plant roots. The hyphae branch inside plant cells walls and deliver nutrients to the cell and take up plants sugars.