AM fungi are so named because
A)they shed their spores only in the morning.
B)they produce fruiting bodies at night that only last through the following morning.
C)they produce arbuscular mycorrhizae in the cells of plant roots.
D)they decompose animal manure.
E)they grow only on the chaff of ant middens.

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AM fungi are named after the arbuscules they form within the cells of the roots of their host plants, leading to the formation of arbuscular mycorrhizae.

AM Fungi Are So Named Because