Glomeromycota
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Glomeromycota is defined by an obligate mycorrhizal partnership with plant roots, reproduces without a sexual cycle, and cannot survive apart from a root.
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Nearly all Glomeromycota species form arbuscular mycorrhizae, exchanging soil minerals for plant-supplied carbohydrates through a hyphal structure inside root cells.
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Unlike most fungal phyla, Glomeromycota's defining criterion is ecological dependence, not a distinct spore structure.