Mycorizzae In Action!

You are seeing fungal hyphae, technically not mycorrhizae. Again, it’s a technicality :) it may not even be what you think it is... you never know in these microscopic worlds :)
 
True, I hear the only way you can see it is if it is died. Sorry miss spelled, i meant dyed.
 
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So fungal mycelium grows through out the soil and helps feed the roots by exchanging exudates from the roots for other nutrition.
And mycorrhizae grows just around the roots and helps make nutrients more plant available by breaking them down.

Please tell me if I'm on the right track
 
bearded.beaver said:
So fungal mycelium grows through out the soil and helps feed the roots by exchanging exudates from the roots for other nutrition.
And mycorrhizae grows just around the roots and helps make nutrients more plant available by breaking them down.

Please tell me if I'm on the right track
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Ok so you have three types of fungi: saprophites which decay organic and mineral matter solely for themselves and have no mutualistic relationship; parasites which infect a host and feed off it until it is too weak to support the fungus and itself anymore (usually fatal); and mycorrhizal which form a mutualistic relationship with the plant. Now there are two types of mycorrhizal fungi, endomycorrhizae which can actually penetrate the cell membrane or the root tissues and form storage compounds in the root cells. And ectomycorrhizae, which can enter the space between the cells (the apoplast) but not actually penetrate the cells. Typically ecto will form a much larger network in soils and increase root surface area more than endo, but they typically only occur with perennials, more specifically trees. Endo associate more often with annuals, like cannabis.

Hope this helps
 
The product I used to inoculate my soil had four different endos and no ectos. I chose it based on what I've learned from Jeff Lowenfels. He says that Cannabis only forms mycorrhizae with R. intraradeces, which is in the product (under its "old" Glomus name). I couldn't find single species innocents when I was shopping for innocents.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HVKKOEE?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

Not sure that helps the discussion at all, though... But, that's why I assumed the fungal action I was seeing was R. Intraradeces.
 
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