If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

Orchids and fungi: An unexpected case of symbiosis Date: July 12, 2011 Source: American Journal of Botany Summary: The majority of orchids are found in habitats where light may be a limiting factor.

In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their ...

Attine ants farm fungi, in one of the natural world's best-studied mutualistic ... Pseudonocardia indicates that Pseudonocardia were initially gut symbionts and became cuticular symbionts late in ...

Many of the fungi that produce these substances belong to the family Clavicipitaceae. While many species of morning glories have been found to contain ergot alkaloids, their fungal symbionts have ...

Reference: Kandasamy D, Zaman R, Nakamura Y, et al. Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS Biol. 2023;21(2) ...

Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS Biology . Published online February 21, 2023. doi: 10.1371 ...

Sutela’s pieces were displayed in MIT List Visual Art Center’s “Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere” exhibition, which ran from Oct. 21, 2022 to Feb. 26, 2023 in Kendall Square.

Lichens are symbionts, or two organisms that are in a cooperative relationship. There is a fungal component (most are about 90 percent fungus) and a photosynthetic component (algae or cyanobacteria).