Ectomycorrhizal beech trees

Diagram of mycorrhiza with terms in Spanish. It is an endomycorrhiza: the arbuscules or vesicles are inside the plant cell wall, and attached to the cell membrane.

Wheat is a mycorrhizal plant

A mycorrhiza (Greek for fungus roots) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a plant.

In a mycorrhiza, the fungus lives inside the plant roots, and in the earth. The fungal hyphae are more efficient than plant roots at absorbing nutrients.