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Mycorrhiza vs Mycorrhization - What's the difference?

mycorrhiza | mycorrhization |

As nouns the difference between mycorrhiza and mycorrhization

is that mycorrhiza is (biology) a symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant while mycorrhization is the formation of mycorrhiza on the roots of a plant.

mycorrhiza

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biology) A symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.

    • Derived terms

    * ectomycorrhiza * endomycorrhiza

    mycorrhization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The formation of mycorrhiza on the roots of a plant
  • The inoculation of a plant's roots with mycorrhiza