Mycorrhizal associations of fungi and plants are usually viewed as mutually beneficial, but some non-photosynthetic plants cheat their fungal partners. Molecular tools can now be used to identify the fungi being exploited.
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JOSEPH B. MORTON (a); ALICIA SÉRSIC (b)
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Hibbett, D. When good relationships go bad. Nature 419, 345–346 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419345a
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