Gene study digs into partnership between fungi and plants
Recently evolved toolkit turned wood-decaying fungi into plants' trading partners
![red fly agaric mushrooms - Amanita muscaria](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ht_mycorrhizae_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
TOADSTOOL TOOLKIT Like other mycorrhizal species, fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) evolved a specialized toolkit that enables the fungi to trade resources with birch and pine trees.
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