Crosscut of Fungal Tissues and <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> Plant Root Cells (IMAGE)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

Crosscut of Fungal Tissues and <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> Plant Root Cells

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The crosscut shows the fungal tissues -- comprised of the fungal mantle around the root tip and the fungal network of tendrils that penetrates the root of plants, or Hartig Net, between Pinus sylvestris plant root cells -- in green.

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Image by Maira de Freitas Pereira, INRA Nancy

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