Escovopsis weberi Muchovej & Della Lucia, 1990
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Phialocladus zsoltii Kreisel, 1972 (nomen invalidum)
Conservation Status
Last record: pre-1970
Rediscovered in 1970
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Muchovej, J. J. and Della Lucia, T. M. C. (1990). Escovopsis, a new genus from leaf-cutting ant nests to replace Phialocladus nomen invalidum. Mycotaxon 37: 191-195.
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.
Folgarait, P. J., Marfetán, J. A. and Cafaro, M. J. (2011). Growth and conidiation response of Escovopsis weberi (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against the fungal cultivar of Acromyrmex lundii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Envir. Entomol. 40: 342-349. doi:10.1603/EN10111
Heine, D., Holmes, N. A., Worsley, S. F., Santos, A. C. A., Innocent, T. M., Scherlach, K., Patrick, E. H., Yu, D. W., Murrell, J. C. and Vieria P. C. (2018). Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen. Nat Commun. 9: 2208.
Kreisel, H. Z. (1972). Fungi from fungus gardens of Atta insularis in Cuba. Allg Mikrobiol. 12(8): 643-654.
de Man, Tom J. B. et al. (2016). Small genome of the fungus Escovopsis weberi, a specialized disease agent of ant agriculture. PNAS 113(13): 3567-3572. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1518501113
Marfetán, J. A., Romero, A. I. and Folgarait, P. J. (2015). Pathogenic interaction between Escovopsis weberi and Leucoagaricus sp.: mechanisms involved and virulence levels. Fun. Ecol. 17: 52-61. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2015.04.002
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
Reynolds, H. T. and Currie, C. R. (2004). Pathogenicity of Escovopsis weberi: The parasite of the attine ant-microbe symbiosis directly consumes the ant-cultivated fungus. Mycologia 96: 955-959. [Abstract]
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]