Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are all placed in the phylum
(division) Glomeromycota
. They form the widespread arbuscular mycorrhiza
symbiosis with land plants (Embryophyta). The fungi are obligate symbionts that cannot be cultured without a plant as a 'host' (symbiotic partner). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have co-evolved with land plants for >400 million years, and probably were essential for the emergence of land plants.
Phylum
In biology, a phylum The term was coined by Georges Cuvier from Greek φῦλον phylon, "race, stock," related to φυλή phyle, "tribe, clan." is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. "Phylum" is equivalent to the botanical term division....
(division) Glomeromycota
Glomeromycota
Glomeromycota is one of seven currently recognized phyla within the kingdom Fungi, with approximately 230 described species. Members of the Glomeromycota form arbuscular mycorrhizas with the roots or thalli of land plants. Geosiphon pyriformis forms an endocytobiotic association with Nostoc...
. They form the widespread arbuscular mycorrhiza
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
An arbuscular mycorrhiza is a type of mycorrhiza in which the fungus penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant....
symbiosis with land plants (Embryophyta). The fungi are obligate symbionts that cannot be cultured without a plant as a 'host' (symbiotic partner). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have co-evolved with land plants for >400 million years, and probably were essential for the emergence of land plants.