"Hoʻopuka nā mea kākau i kahi palapala honua ākea ākea o ke kūlana symbiotic o nā ululāʻau, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi waihona o ka ʻoi aku o 1.1 miliona mau ʻāpana o ka ulu lāʻau i hui pū ʻia ma luna o 28,000 mau ʻano lāʻau". ʻelua e ka hyphae o nā fungi ectomycorrhizal ʻaʻole i komo i loko o ke aʻa, ʻoiai ʻo ka hyphae o nā fungi endomycorrhizal e komo i loko o ka paia o ka cell a invaginate i ka membrane cell.
ʻO ka Endomycorrhizas ka mana ma nā wao ua mehana. He ke alakaʻi kūikawā mea koʻikoʻi ka symbiosis ma waena o nā mea kanu a me nā microorganism i nā mea kanu i ke anuanu a maloʻo. ʻO ia ke ʻano nui o ka symbiosis ma nā latitude kiʻekiʻe a me ke kiʻekiʻe. ectomycorrhizae ʻO ka Armillaria solidipes (haohao meli) ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea ola nui loa ma ka Honua, e laha ana ma mua o 2,000 mau ʻeka o ka lepo ma lalo o ka lepo ma ka hikina o Oregon; ua manaʻo ʻia aia ma kahi o 2,400 mau makahiki.
Nā hopena o nā kiʻi no Armillaria solidipes nui loa Mai kuhi hewa. ʻAʻole nā Fungi nā mea hoʻohui i nā mea kanu. He ikaika a hoʻoikaika lākou. Hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa nā mea kanu e pono ai mai ka lepo. ʻO ia hoʻi ka phosphorus, akā ʻo ka nitrogen. Eia kekahi, aia nā hōʻike e kōkua ana nā microbes i nā mea kanu e komo i ka wai mai ka lepo pū kekahi.