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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting
mycoheterotrophy
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Examples
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Klooster et al. Cryptic bracts facilitate herbivore avoidance in the mycoheterotrophic plant Monotropsis odorata (Ericaceae).
unknown title 2009
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An unknown number of species are partially mycoheterotrophic, drawing carbon from both photosynthesis and fungi, and may represent a transitional stage toward full mycoheterotrophy.
These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how
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