Beech trees engage the help of fungi to draw in nutrients to their roots from the surrounding soil. In turn the fungi benefit by receiving food from the tree. This symbiotic relationship, termed a mycorrhiza, commonly occurs in beech forests. Some of the attractive mushrooms which play their part in this relationship include the green Russula atrovirens, (bottom) the violet Cortinarius sp (middle), the red Cortinarius sp (right) and the orange-brown Paxillus nothofagi (top). Photos: J. Bedford.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 2, 1 May 1990, Page 35
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77Beech trees engage the help of fungi to draw in nutrients to their roots from the surrounding soil. In turn the fungi benefit by receiving food from the tree. This symbiotic relationship, termed a mycorrhiza, commonly occurs in beech forests. Some of the attractive mushrooms which play their part in this relationship include the green Russula atrovirens, (bottom) the violet Cortinarius sp (middle), the red Cortinarius sp (right) and the orange-brown Paxillus nothofagi (top). Photos: J. Bedford. Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 2, 1 May 1990, Page 35
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