Mycorrhizal fungi: how they interact with our native plants Guest Speaker: Tom Bruns March 8, 2021

The overwhelming majority of plants have a mutually beneficial association with fungi in their roots. These mycorrhizal symbioses function like markets in which plants “purchase” mineral nutrients from fungi using sugars the plants produce in photosynthesis. This talk will cover the basic features of mycorrhizal symbioses and will emphasize the way that they affect plant growth and distributions.

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