Mycorrhiza is a natural phenomenon, hidden in most soils of the world and implicated in some of the key biogeochemical cycles. Since eons, it has assisted plants with mineral nutrition and the mycorrhizal fungi received large share of plant carbon in return. Through deep transformations of the entire planet over the last few centuries, humans succeeded in getting a number of the biosphere processes out of balance. Could the lessons of cooperation in mycorrhizal symbiosis help establishing a brighter future of the mankind? This issue, besides the advancements of research on mycorrhizal ecology and function shall be openly discussed.

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