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It has been hypothesized that fungi and plants have a mutualistic relationship because plants make sugars available for the fungi's use. What is the best evidence in support of this hypothesis?

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Answer: Mycorrhizae

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Mycorrhizae is a mutualistic symbiotic relationships that form between fungi and and the root of vascular plants.

The Mycorrhizae relationship that exist between fungi and root of plants, show how fungi colonize the root system of a their host plant, they make use of their extensive network of hyphae and large surface area which is in contact with the soil to channel water and minerals from the soil into the plant, thereby increasing nutrients absorption in plants.

The plant in return provide food in form of carbohydrates formed from photosynthesis to the fungi

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