mutually beneficial-relationship with "mycorrhizal" fungi, whose hyphae surround or infiltrate the roots to form mycorrhizae (" fungal roots "), which enhance the plants 'ability to absorb water and nutrients, and to resist drought. The natural antibiotics the fungi produce also help the plants to fight off pathogens.
菌根菌加強了植物吸收水分、養分與抗旱能力，更以身上的天然抗生素幫助植物對付病菌，植物在剝去泥土中的真菌後，也就枯槁而亡。