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myco-heterotrophy

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  • noun A symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.

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  • I am sure the complex of co-evolved myco-heterotrophy, commensal fungi and bacteria, detritovores, etc are all affected by allelopathic interactions of the varied plant species to some extent.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010

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