Tree and Fungi Relationships

[lenaanthony]

Fungi can produce an attack on living plants and trees, as well as dead wood. Certain species such as brackets and stump-rotting gilled fungi conduct an important task in converting dead trees into humus, which can be reutilized by other plants.

[lenaanthony]

Other types of fungi – Amanita, Russula and Boletus for examples, conduct a mycorrhizal relationship with trees. This is defined by a co-operation between the tree's root system and the mushroom, with an exchange of nutrients such that each one benefits from the other.

[jonela]

Many fungi establish symbiotic relationships with conifer and broadleaf trees. Too bad that in the end the fungus kills the tree.