greek fungus different nutrition relationship certain kinds plants fungi plant gets food fungi parasitic plant partner relationship considered kind cheating relationship informally referred mycorrhizal relationship referred term plants engage mycorrhizal relationships relationship host fungi exists non plant plant largely lacking lacking functional gets food fungi partial exists plant capable fungi food supply plants species non life cycle non rest life cycle non plants non plants like directly tissue plants past non plants mistakenly thought food breaking organic matter manner similar fungi plants called known plant capable direct breakdown organic matter order food non plants engage direct plants interface plant fungal partners association roots plant fungus closely resembles thought evolved flow carbon fungus plant vice versa seen ultimately energy fungi turn energy plants takes place context common mycorrhizal networks plants use mycorrhizal fungi exchange carbon nutrients plants systems play role mycorrhizal taking carbon common network known reward older reports recently shown supported fungi exploiting wood decaying fungi addition green plants close species shown engage partial able carbon mycorrhizal fungi addition intake species diversity host fungi found number plant groups non non partial common family genera fully number plant groups stages fungi typically fungi large energy reserves draw usually mycorrhizal fungi evidence parasitic fungi form extensive networks examples fungi plants found mycorrhizal mycorrhizal fungi great diversity unrelated plant families members diversity fungi targeted suggests multiple parallel evolution mycorrhizal ancestors
Myco-heterotrophy