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[1] Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi [2] 
- Fungi with symbiotic associations with plant roots - Colonize the roots of plants and proliferate in the soil around the plants, hyphae penetrate through cell walls and branch repeatedly to form arbuscles (little trees) - Fungus obtains sugars from the plant and in return provides the plant with a steady suppy of dissolved minerals that it has obtained from the surrounding soil - Leaven bread and produce ethanol in alcoholic beverages - Form mycorrhizas in lichens
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