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Hi, today I am going to talk to you about the benefits that mycorrhizal fungi provide to nature. I will talk about this because it is very interesting to know what is really going on under the ground.

What are mycorrhizal fungi? How to help nature?

They are symbionts associated with most land plants, there are different types, but the most studied are the group of arbuscular mycorrhizae, living in more than ninety percent of land plants.

Fungi in general cannot generate their own food, so some form a symbiosis between plant and fungus where the roots generate a large white tangle called mycelium (body of the fungus), which covers and increases the absorption surface of nutrients and water. in exchange for the plant to provide carbohydrates (sugar) to survive.

In the image you can see a comparison of a plant with and without mycorrhizal fungus, on the left you can see the mycelium (set of hyphae) and on the right you can only see roots.

The distribution of these fungi is wide, since they are found in all ecosystems and soils, they can be very heterogeneous in the same place in terms of variety and quantity.

There are lower mycorrhizal fungi that are microscopic or not very seer and higher that are related to the formation of mushrooms.

In this photo you can see the comparison of both fungi, on the left side you can see upper fungi and on the right lower fungi.