mycorhizal

• a word derived from mycorrhiza.
  mycorrhiza

  noun

  a symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus, especially a basidiomycete, with the roots of certain plants, in which the hyphae form a closely woven mass around the rootlets or penetrate the cells of the root.

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mycorhizal

Stahl states that the difficulty of cultivating orchids largely depends on their dependence on a mycorhizal fungus,—though he does not apply his view to germination.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

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