These pinkish, worm-shaped growths, known as ectomycorrhizas, are actually the result of a fungus and the roots of a beech tree living together to the benefit of both organisms (in a symbiotic relationship). (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

These pinkish, worm-shaped growths, known as ectomycorrhizas, are actually the result of a fungus and the roots of a beech tree living together to the benefit of both organisms (in a symbiotic relationship).

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These pinkish, worm-shaped growths, known as ectomycorrhizas, are actually the result of a fungus and the roots of a beech tree living together to the benefit of both organisms (in a symbiotic relationship).

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Michela Audisio/Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology

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