NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The death cap has a symbiotic relationship with certain tree roots – like hornbeams and oaks – which means they give and take nutrients. “It’s a mycorrhizal fungus, so it’s one of those fungi that people hear about that associate with trees and provide benefits to trees in exchange for carbon compounds, ” Pringle said.

Detailed explanation-2: -Death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides, is native to Europe, where it is widespread. It occurs from North Africa to the south coast of Scandinavia and from Ireland to Poland and western Russia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mushroom’s mycelium weaves itself around the root and actually alters the shape of the root. The mushroom absorbs water and minerals for the tree, but in return the tree gives the mushroom nutrients, too. Since both partners benefit from each other, their alliance is considered a symbiotic relationship.

Detailed explanation-4: -death cap, (Amanita phalloides), poisonous mushroom of the family Amanitaceae (order Agaricales).

Detailed explanation-5: -Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the death cap, is one of most toxic mushrooms. It is a highly poisonous species of mushroom, and the principal toxic constituent -amanitin is known to cause severe liver derangement culminating in hemorrhagic liver necrosis.