Escovopsis aspergilloides Seifert, Samson & Chapela, 1995
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1893 or later
Rediscovered in March 1993 (Seifert et al., 1995; but see blog post by Keith Seifert)
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Associated with the nests of leaf-cutting ants (Seifert et al., 1995; Montoya et al., 2021).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Seifert, Keith A., Samson, Robert A. and Chapela, Ignacio H. (1995). Escovopsis aspergilloides, a Rediscovered Hyphomycete from Leaf-Cutting Ant Nests. Mycologia 87(3): 407-413. [Abstract]
Other references:
Batey, Sibyl F. D., Greco, Claudio, Hutchings, Matthew I. and Wilkinson, Barrie. (2020). Chemical warfare between fungus-growing ants and their pathogens. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 59: 172-181.
Dhodary, B., Schilg, M., Wirth, R. and Spiteller, D. (2018). Secondary metabolites from Escovopsis weberi and their role in attacking the garden fungus of leaf-cutting ants. Chem Eur J. 24: 4445-4452.
Möller, Alfred. (1893). Die Pilzgärten einiger südamerikanischer Ameisen. Botanische Mittheilungen aus den Tropen 6: 1-127.
Montoya, Quimi Vidaurre et al. (2021). Fungi inhabiting attine ant colonies: reassessment of the genus Escovopsis and description of Luteomyces and Sympodiorosea gens. nov. IMA Fungus 12: 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-021-00078-8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escovopsis_aspergilloides