

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).Non-Woody Roots coming from small woody root.

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).
Non-woody roots on young trees.
 A 
mass of non-woody roots.  The arrows point to grape like structures.  
This is a common place to find mycorrhizae in these clumps of living soil.
A 
mass of non-woody roots.  The arrows point to grape like structures.  
This is a common place to find mycorrhizae in these clumps of living soil.

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).
A cluster of yellow mycorrhizae. Composite structures made up of non-woody root tissues and fungus.

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).
A non-woody root with root hairs. Root hairs are extensions of single epidermal cells. Do not confuse them with mycorrhizae which are composite structures.

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).
A mycorrhiza with root hairs and fungus hyphae.
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