A researcher determines that her favorite plant has a symbiotic relationship with fungi. Upon closer examination, she notices that fungal cells form a sheath enclosing the root tip, but no arbuscules are present. Of what type of mycorrhizae is this an example?

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The description matches ectomycorrhizae, where fungal cells form a sheath around the root tip without penetrating the root cells, distinguishing it from endomycorrhizae, which typically form arbuscules inside root cells.

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