Ecology: Fungal Mimics Dupe Animals by Transforming Plants.

Many fungi transform host tissues to benefit their own reproduction. A recent study investigates a fungus that converts its plant host's reproductive tissues into ornate flower mimics. These 'pseudoflowers' present complex cues that may enlist insects to facilitate fungal dispersal.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2021-03-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.013PMID 33689724
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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