"Furthermore, ectomycorrhizal fungi can slow down decomposition, a natural process that returns carbon from forest soils back to the atmosphere. In these ways, ectomycorrhizal fungi enhance the ability of forests to keep carbon locked up in trees and soils, and out of the atmosphere." (http://www.bu.edu/articles/2018/4-things-to-know-about-fungi-climate-warriors/)
A cell that can differentiate into all cell types of the adult organism are called
"pluripotent". Like cells are named meristematic cells in higher plants and embryonic stem cells in animals, though some groups report the presence of adult pluripotent cells.
