mycoheterotrophy

A form of myco-heterotrophy — A symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.

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nounmycoheterotrophy (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of myco-heterotrophy.

    Like lichens and mycorrhizal relationships, mycoheterotrophy is an evolutionary refrain, and has arisen independently in at least forty-six separate plant lineages.

    2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 173
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