In nature, plants and microorganisms communicate with each other by exchanging different signaling compounds including volatile compounds (VCs), some of which have biostimulating properties. In Arabidopsis, VCs from the fungal phytopathogen Penicillium aurantiogriseum promote growth, photosynthesis and root hair (RH) proliferation and hyper-elongation through mechanisms involving ethylene, auxin and photosynthesis signaling. A striking alteration in the proteome of roots of fungal VC-treated plants involves strong up-regulation of RALF22. To test the possible involvement of the RALF22 in the fungal VC-promoted RH changes, we characterized the RH responses of ralf22 and fer-4 plants impaired in RALF22 and its receptor FERONIA to VCs emitted by P. aurantiogriseum. We found that these plants were unresponsive in terms of VC-promoted RH elongation and proliferation. Unlike in WT roots, fungal VCs did not enhance the transcript levels of RALF22 in roots of fer-4 and ethylene- and auxin- insensitive mutants, and those of RH-related, ethylene-responsive genes (e.g. RSL4, RHD2, PRX1 and PRX44) in ralf22 and fer-4 roots. Finally, we identified ethylene as the bioactive fungal VC, as VCs of ΔefeA strains of P. aurantiogriseum cultures impaired in ethylene synthesis weakly promoted RH proliferation and elongation in exposed plants. Collectively, our results demonstrate that RALF22-FERONIA complex is a key determinant of the ethylene, auxin and photosynthesis signaling-mediated RH response to fungal ethylene emissions.