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Posted: **Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:12 am**

Hi,

Simple question: Can any soil fungi fix atmospheric nitrogen the way some bacteria can?
Thanks!

Posted: **Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:19 am**

[url=https://www.nearctica.com/ecology/pops/mutual.htm]Lichen[/url] is a mutualist fungi.

[url=https://www.lichen.com/environment.html]Lichen and the Environment[/url]

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:19 pm**

Endo and Ectomycorrhizae are apparently not involved in composting, these are the fungi that are associated with the roots of plants. Endomycorrhizae penetrate the actual root of the plant and live inside and ectomycorrhizae live outside the plant. Both are mutualists providing the plant with Nitrogen (which they fix) and other nutrients.

This was said by Opabinia51, [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=932]here[/url].

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:44 pm**

these days I just assume fungi do everything, and I wait to hear about what they don't.

Posted: **Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:54 am**

Toil wrote:these days I just assume fungi do everything, and I wait to hear about what they don't.

That sounds like good, easy plan.

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Can any soil fungi fix nitrogen?

Can any soil fungi fix nitrogen?