Abstract:Six ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECMF) were grown in liquid Pachlewski culture medium added with and without Al to study their growth, oxalate exudation, and uptake of aluminum, phosphorus and potassium. Al stress showed no growth inhibition for Al-resistant fungi, Pisolithus tinctorius 715, Cenococcum geophilum SIV and Hebeloma repandum Sp, in contrast to Al-sensitive ones, Laccaria bicolor S238A, L. bicolor S238N and L. bicolor 270, which behaved otherwise in same case. ECMF used in the present experiment were positively responsible to Al stress via changes in proton efflux and increase in oxalate exudation and concentrations of phosphorus, potassium and aluminum in hyphae, whereby could improve the ability of Al resistance. Protons ionized from oxalate accounted for only small amount of protons released by fungi into liquid culture medium, suggesting the proton efflux due to cation absorption by hyphae for charge balance and the ionization of some other organic acids produced by ECMF.