you may wish to share your findings after you submit them to school. Perhaps in a new thread as 'Taylor's Science Project' or similar.
Colin, great to have you here as a contributing member.
Ash
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Mycorrhizae
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by Ash Barns on Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:23 pm
Great project Taylor you may wish to share your findings after you submit them to school. Perhaps in a new thread as 'Taylor's Science Project' or similar.
Colin, great to have you here as a contributing member.
Ash
you may wish to share your findings after you submit them to school. Perhaps in a new thread as 'Taylor's Science Project' or similar.
Colin, great to have you here as a contributing member.
Ash
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by HoYoku on Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:13 pm
WooHoo back at ya T-bone! 
Okay - here goes.... Not all the fungi that are mycorrhizal are mushrooms as such. Some have fruiting bodies (that's what mushrooms are) that are minute and below the ground. Some bigger ones are edible - like truffles.
Most species of plants - flowers, grass, crops, trees - have some sort of mycorrhiza. Most species of plant can associate with more than one kind of mycorrhizal fungus and most species of Mycorrhizal fungus can associate with more than one species of plant.
Most mycorrhiza connects to the tree inside the roots (endomycorrhiza) so you don't actually see it. The threads that go searching for nutrients are also too fine to see with the naked eye. Other types of mycorrhizal fungus connects to the tree by forming a sheath outside the roots (ectomycorrhiza) and these you can see - like in pines, for example.
Now then - if you make me type mycorrhiza one more time I'll......
Colin
Okay - here goes.... Not all the fungi that are mycorrhizal are mushrooms as such. Some have fruiting bodies (that's what mushrooms are) that are minute and below the ground. Some bigger ones are edible - like truffles.
Most species of plants - flowers, grass, crops, trees - have some sort of mycorrhiza. Most species of plant can associate with more than one kind of mycorrhizal fungus and most species of Mycorrhizal fungus can associate with more than one species of plant.
Most mycorrhiza connects to the tree inside the roots (endomycorrhiza) so you don't actually see it. The threads that go searching for nutrients are also too fine to see with the naked eye. Other types of mycorrhizal fungus connects to the tree by forming a sheath outside the roots (ectomycorrhiza) and these you can see - like in pines, for example.
Now then - if you make me type mycorrhiza one more time I'll......
Colin
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by Brett S on Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:05 pm
Colin I was hoping yopu might be able to elaborate on the beginning of your article
What are Mycorrhizae?
I had been lead to believe the more Mycorrhizae the better.
After reading your article it suggests that Mycorrhizae thrive in marginal conditions.
Now I can understand that we may never have optimum conditions in bonsai pots for our trees so they need Mycorrhizae to thrive in the marginal conditions we put them through.
But it suggests to me that as our trees move further away from
Hence this suggest that a large amount of Mycorrhizae is an idication the the soil medium can be improved.
Although they are different Proteoid roots work in a similar way. In marginal conditions many of our natives in Australia can not survive without them. When repotting native bonsai the presence of Proteoid roots is an indication that the soil medium has been lacking in nutrients.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteoid_root
I use the copy and paste feature instead of typing Mycorrhizae
What are Mycorrhizae?
I had been lead to believe the more Mycorrhizae the better.
After reading your article it suggests that Mycorrhizae thrive in marginal conditions.
Now I can understand that we may never have optimum conditions in bonsai pots for our trees so they need Mycorrhizae to thrive in the marginal conditions we put them through.
But it suggests to me that as our trees move further away from
the more Mycorrhizae we have present in our soil medium!moist yet well-drained soil with a good supply of readily available nutrients
Hence this suggest that a large amount of Mycorrhizae is an idication the the soil medium can be improved.
Although they are different Proteoid roots work in a similar way. In marginal conditions many of our natives in Australia can not survive without them. When repotting native bonsai the presence of Proteoid roots is an indication that the soil medium has been lacking in nutrients.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteoid_root
I use the copy and paste feature instead of typing Mycorrhizae
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