Agricultural Research Service: Fungus Commits Floral Fraud to Fool Insects Into Spreading It
November 25, 2020
November 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news:
The spores of some fungi can linger in the environment for months or years just waiting for something to spread them elsewhere, like a gust of wind, falling rain or a passing insect or animal. Not so with Fusarium xyrophilum, a fungus found growing on two types of yellow-eyed grass in the savannas of Guyana, South America, and reported in the December 2019 issue . . .
The spores of some fungi can linger in the environment for months or years just waiting for something to spread them elsewhere, like a gust of wind, falling rain or a passing insect or animal. Not so with Fusarium xyrophilum, a fungus found growing on two types of yellow-eyed grass in the savannas of Guyana, South America, and reported in the December 2019 issue . . .