Figure 311 Below Depicts the Outline of a Large Fairy Ring

question 27

Multiple Choice

Figure 31.1 below depicts the outline of a large fairy ring that has appeared overnight in an open meadow, as viewed from above. The fairy ring represents the furthest advance of this mycelium through the soil. Locations A-D are all 0.5 meters below the soil surface. Responses may be used once, more than once, or not at all.


-Mycorrhizae are to the roots of vascular plants as endophytes are to vascular plants'

• A)leaf mesophyll.
• B)stem apical meristems.
• C)root apical merisems
• D)xylem.
• E)waxy cuticle.

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