One thing he knew for sure: it had been ejected by the upright rhizomorph. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
And what about the lying down of every rhizomorph we have encountered in same direction?. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
These dark rhizomorphs may also be found spreading around into the soil from the roots, and they look so much like thin roots indeed that we can at once understand their name -- rhizomorph. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
On reaching the root of another tree, the tips of the branched rhizomorph penetrate the living cortex, and grow forward in the plane of the cambium, sending off smaller ramifications into the medullary rays and (in the case of the pines, etc.) into the resin passages. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
In addition, they report that production of soil rhizomorph length was 27% greater in CO. From Wordnik.com. [New Content on CO2 Science] Reference
Mycorrhizal and rhizomorph dynamics in a loblolly pine forest during 5 years of free-air-CO. From Wordnik.com. [New Content on CO2 Science] Reference
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