Mutualists (symbionts):

• fungi that have a mutualistically beneficial relationship with other living organisms.

• Mycorrhizae: associations of fungi with plants roots

• Lichens: associations of fungi with algae or cyanobacteria

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Mutualists are very important and very common in nature. More than 90% of plants in nature have a fungus associated with their roots as mycorrhizae. And lichens are everywhere!