#symbiotic — Public Fediverse posts

Hare's-foot #clover, #Trifolium #arvense (#Fabaceae), is native to Europe/Western Asia and inhabits dry, sandy, nitrate-poor #habitats. #Seeds are enclosed in feathery calyxes that protect against desiccation, serve as #flightorgans, but also adhere to animals. It hosts #symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria (paraphyletic "#Rhizobia"), which S. Schulz et al. (2013) analyzed in more detail via functional marker gene nifH.
©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1183-2013

#Photos
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Attention-Worthy Links for December 21st, 2024

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#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

Observed some #FarmerAnts herding #aphids on morning walk. These farmer #ants have a special #symbiotic relationship with aphids.

#Learn more:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/farmer-ants-and-their-aphid-herds

My video of the farmer ants, hard at work:
https://youtube.com/shorts/NqI6hVYnoPQ?si=96nXBtYyO4LjeYVc

#nature #SaanichParks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #GorgePark #YYJ #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #Wsanec #PNW #insects #Formicidae #Hymenoptera #entomology #WorkerAnts #NatureVideos

#funfact | #Fungi were plants’ #root systems when plants couldn’t grow their own! 🍄

Fungi have #symbiotic relationships with plants, which almost all #plants depend on. These symbiotic fungi live in the plant’s #roots and lace out into the #soil, supplying the plant with #nutrients and also protecting the plant from #disease.

The plant, in exchange, #feeds the fungi with energy-containing compounds that it has made in #photosynthesis.

This #relationship is very ancient and really lies at the root of all recognisable #life on land. The ancestors of plants, which were freshwater #algae, would not have made it out of the water were it not for these ancient #alliances with their #fungal partners. 🌱

#funfacts #fungifacts #fungi #algae #mushrooms #plants #MushroomsOfMastodon #ancientalliances #history #mastodon #MastoArt #fungikingdom