Yellow-eyed grasses may have more insect visitors than previously thought
April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news:
Scientists previously believed that a family of flowering plants called yellow-eyed grasses didn't attract many insect visitors, but the recent discovery of a fungus that hijacks the plant and forms fungal "pseudoflowers" has researchers rethinking this assumption.
In 2020, scientists working in Guyana discovered small fungal structures on the grasses that resem . . .
Scientists previously believed that a family of flowering plants called yellow-eyed grasses didn't attract many insect visitors, but the recent discovery of a fungus that hijacks the plant and forms fungal "pseudoflowers" has researchers rethinking this assumption.
In 2020, scientists working in Guyana discovered small fungal structures on the grasses that resem . . .