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Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, [ 2 ] is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. O. unilateralis infects ants of the tribe Camponotini, with the full pathogenesis being characterized by ...
The fungus Escovopsis is a parasite in fungus-growing ant colonies that can greatly harm the fungal gardens through infection, [22] and the bacterium Pseudonocardia has a mutualistic relationship with ants. The relationship is thought to have been used by the ants for millions of years, co-evolving to produce the right type of antibiotics.
Fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini) comprise all the known fungus -growing ant species participating in ant–fungus mutualism. They are known for cutting grasses and leaves, carrying them to their colonies' nests, and using them to grow fungus on which they later feed. Their farming habits typically have large effects on their surrounding ...
Cordyceps. Cordyceps / ˈkɔːrdɪsɛps / is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 worldwide species. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. [ 2] Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic ...
Leafcutter ant. Leafcutter ants, a non-generic name, are any of 47 species [ 1] of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the two genera Atta and Acromyrmex, within the tribe Attini . These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all endemic to South and Central America, Mexico, and parts of the southern United States. [ 2]
Buckley, 1860. The Texas leafcutter ant ( Atta texana) is a species of fungus -farming ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Texas, Louisiana, and north-eastern Mexico. [1] Other common names include town ant, parasol ant, fungus ant, cut ant, and night ant. It harvests leaves from over 200 plant species, and is considered a major ...
Escovopsis aspergilloides is a species of fungus that was rediscovered in 1995 by mycologists Keith A. Seifert, Robert A. Samson and Ignacio Chapela. [1] [2] Escovopsis aspergilloides co-exist in a symbiotic relationship with attini ants - fungus-growing ants. The highly evolved, ancient ant-fungus mutualism has become a model system in the ...
Gyromitra esculenta. Gyromitra esculenta / ˌdʒaɪroʊˈmaɪtrə ˌɛskjəˈlɛntə, ˌdʒɪrə -/ [ 2] is an ascomycete fungus from the genus Gyromitra, widely distributed across Europe and North America. It normally fruits in sandy soils under coniferous trees in spring and early summer.