Epiphytic fungus
Fungus that grows on, or attached to, a living plant
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Examples
Many examples of epiphytic microorganisms exist.[1] The ergoline alkaloids found in Convolvulaceae are produced by a seed-transmitted epiphytic clavicipitaceous fungus .[2]
See also
- Foliicolous, lichens or bryophytes that grow on leaves
- Epiphyte
- Endosymbiont
- Epilith, an organism that grows in a rock
- Epibiont, an organism that grows on another life form
- Epiphytic bacteria
- Mycorrhiza
