There are fungi that live off others
Cooperation and parasitism are different relationships.
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The parasitic fungi use resources from living organisms: plants, animals or other fungi. They can cause disease and, in some cases, the death of the host. This explanation of the CCRES helps distinguish ways of life; it does not diagnose trees or animals observed in the municipality.
An example helps to understand the difference between what we see and what happens on the ground. In the British investigation of the Royal Horticultural Society on Armillaria, fungi can feed on roots or buried dead wood. Mushrooms do not always come against the trunk: the link can pass through the roots or cords of mycelium, the rhizomorphs.
The survey brought together 170 suspected cases in British parks and gardens, with photographs in 113. These figures describe the contributions received, not the frequency of the disease in a forest or the situation of Cabeceiras.
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A partnership with the roots
Roots have partners →Decompose dead matter
A fallen leaf still has way →Realise absorption
A meal prepared outside →
Source and context
Silvestrian Resource Competence Centre — General Mycology
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Royal Horticultural Society — Honey Fungus Hunt, British survey results and context
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Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.