Piloderma croceum on spruce
Dr. S. Raidl, Mycology, University of Munich
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Arbuscule in a root fluorescing from 
antibodies with a specific fluorescent 
tag that binds specifically with glomalin, 
the iron-containing glycoprotein produced 
abundantly by fungal hyphae that aids 
considerably in soil aggregation.
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Dr. Joseph Morton, West Virginia University

Collage showing typical spores mounted 
in an iodine reagent that stains certain 
wall layers dark purple (much like what 
happens with starch in plant cells) as well 
as typical mycorrhizae. Top left: Glomus 
clarum spore; top right: Scutellospora 
pellucida spore; bottom left: G. clarum 
mycorrhizae; bottom right: S. pellucida 
mycorrhizae in roots and auxiliary cells 
that form outside the roots.
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Dr. Joseph Morton, West Virginia University

Collage of fungal species separated from
the mixture in the center to establish in 
pure cultures, all of which sporulated in 
a single trap culture of a soil in a North 
Carolina old field. 
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Dr. Joseph Morton, West Virginia University

Glomus intraradices sporulating in roots.  In the photo there
are HUNDREDS of spores inside the roots.  The roots actually protect the spores and give them longer life and viability. Hundreds of spores INSIDE root fragments.   
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Dr. Joseph Morton, West Virginia University

Glomus deserticola
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Dr. Robert Auge, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee

Root hyphae
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Dr. David Sylvia, University of Florida

Penetration
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Dr. David Sylvia, University of Florida

Root Colonization
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Dr. David Sylvia, University of Florida

Ectomycorrhizae