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Escovopsioides as a fungal antagonist of the fungus cultivated by leafcutter ants
(2018-10-10)
Background: Fungus gardens of fungus-growing (attine) ants harbor complex microbiomes in addition to the mutualistic fungus they cultivate for food. Fungi in the genus Escovopsioides were recently described as members of ...
New light on the systematics of fungi associated with attine ant gardens and the description of escovopsis kreiselii sp nov
(Public Library Science, 2015-01-24)
Since the formal description of fungi in the genus Escovopsis in 1990, only a few studies have focused on the systematics of this group. For more than two decades, only two Escovopsis species were described; however, in ...
Nature of the interactions between hypocrealean fungi and the mutualistic fungus of leaf-cutter ants
(2017-04-01)
Leaf-cutter ants cultivate and feed on the mutualistic fungus, Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, which is threatened by parasitic fungi of the genus Escovopsis. The mechanism of Escovopsis parasitism is poorly understood. Here, ...
Fungal communities in gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes in forest and cabruca agrosystems of southern Bahia State (Brazil)
(2015-12-01)
Leaf-cutting ants interact with several fungi in addition to the fungal symbiont they cultivate for food. Here, we assessed alien fungal communities in colonies of Atta cephalotes. Fungus garden fragments were sampled from ...