an association of a fungus and a plant in which the fungus lives within or on the outside of the plant's roots forming a symbiotic or parasitic relationship
ectotrophic mycorrhiza, endotrophic mycorrhiza
Derived forms
mycorrhizal (ˌmycorˈrhizal) or mycorhizal (ˌmycoˈrhizal)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from myco- + Greek rhiza root
Examples of 'mycorrhizae' in a sentence
mycorrhizae
We know that below ground, most plants have helper fungi called mycorrhizae.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Different mycorrhizae work, for example, on heather family plants, as opposed to most other broad-leaved shrubs.