Uredinia- brick

red, elongated,
blister-like
•Wood rotters
•Destroy
lumbar and
timber
Ex-
• Agaricus
bisporus
•Pleurotus
sp
•Lentinula
edodes
(Calvacin)
•Poisonous

•Amanita –
fatally
poisonous

•Cause
discomfort
•With roots of forest trees
•Mutually beneficial
•Fungus -obtains sugars, other organic
substances –from roots of tree partner
•Mantle of fungal partner serves to pass
nitrogen, phosphorus, other elements-
absorbed by mycelium to the root
Decompose dead fallen
leaves and other forest
litter converting waste
material and returning it