Zombie mushroom 🍄 cordyceps this is a fungus that can turn insect 🐜 in Zombie Genus of ascomycete fungus. cordyceps are used as a medicine. It is parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods. when an insect is infected by this fungus within a few days the cell of fungus starts divided and this multiplication continues to grow until it mass is half the body mass of insect from the outside the insect would look normal but inside it keep eating the insect by multiplying their cell the heinous process started when the fungus sent a chemical signal to insect brain make the insect behaviour unnaturally which move the insect toward perfect temperature and humidity for growth of fungus then fungus control the entire insect brain and the insect will die after 6 to 8 hours and after 2 to 3 days fungus started growing it used the insect as base to grow and release more spores in air.
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Mostafa Rahnama #"Recent co-evolution of two pandemic plant diseases in a multi-hybrid swarm" #Fungus A prefers "Eleusine" plants. #Fungus B prefers "Urochloa" plants. #60 years ago: These two fungi mated and had a hybrid offspring. · This hybrid mated with several other fungi that liked different plants #This mixing and matching: Broke some important genes in the offspring. These broken genes allowed the fungi to infect a NEW plant: WHEAT! So, two separate "love affairs" with different fungi, created a SUPER-FUNGUS that could attack wheat! dam interesting finding although I have some questions conflicting in my mind: #The study estimates the timing of mating events based on genetic divergence, but precise dating remains challenging???? #The study highlights the role of two key host-specificity factors, but other genetic elements and environmental factors (selection pressures )might also play a role in fungal adaptation??? #congratulations sir
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👉 Special Issue Recommendation: Research Progress on Pathogenicity of Fungus in Crop https://lnkd.in/dHM_xTUJ It mainly focuses on #fungal #pathogen identification and #phylogeny, molecular genetics of #plant #fungal pathogens, fungal pathogenic molecular mechanism, and the molecular basis of fungal #crop interaction. Research on pathogenic fungal related to #fruittree and #vegetables is highly important. #mdpiagronomy #openaccess
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Fungal spores, a critical element of fungal reproduction, exhibit remarkable dispersion abilities. Research reveals their ubiquitous presence globally in the air, displaying vast shape variability and dispersal methods. Some spores disseminate through air as aerosols, while others rely on various vectors, including animals and human travelers, for dispersal. Studies showcase the impressive range of travel for certain spores, with Fusarium, Mycosphaerella, and Lobaria spores covering distances from 40 to 400 meters through the air. Moreover, instances of spores like those of coffee leaf rust or Aspergillus sydowi traveling thousands of kilometers away from their release site have been recorded. Fungi display an astonishing diversity in strategies for spore release and adaptations for maintaining viability. These adaptations enable spores to germinate upon encountering suitable moist substrates, contributing to the resilience and proliferation of fungi across various environments.
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Fungal spores are all around 🍄🌎 DID YOU KNOW❓ 💡 Research has shown that spores of fungi are present in the air throughout the year in virtually every cubic meter of analyzed air samples globally. 🔎 Fungal spores exhibit a huge variability in shape, and certain types of spores are spread as aerosols, and by other vectors including animals and traveling humans. 🗺️ Experimental data demonstrate that spores of Fusarium, Mycosphaerella and Lobaria can travel between 40 and 400 m through air. ✈️ There is also evidence that spores of coffee leaf rust or conidia of Aspergillus sydowi have traveled and been detected thousands of kilometers from their release site. 🦠 Fungi demonstrate amazing diversity strategies for the release of spores and adaptations to maintain viability to germinate after deposition upon a suitable moist substrate. Video: spore release by Amanita muscaria (credits: Patrick Hickey). #fungi #microbiome #biodiversity #nature
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🧅 Multiple fungi and bacteria lurk inside and around plants. There are many different species of Fusarium fungi like this one here. Some cause disease, some fight disease and some live undetected. This is Fusarium acutatum and was revealed as a new disease-causing fungus in India, rotting onions in 2021-22. Analysed and reported by Ganapati Bhat Radhamani Anandalakshmi B.B. Madalageri Soumya Banakar at IandB Seeds https://buff.ly/3OJEU7n #NewDiseaseReports #Onion #Fusarium #Rot #Fungi #India #PlantDisease #PlantPathology #PlantHealth
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Happy to announce our new letter published in Pedosphere: The necessity to expand mycorrhizal boundaries: including the fungal endophytes that possess key mycorrhizal criteria 10.1016/j.pedsph.2024.01.004 The conventional classification of #mycorrhizal associations emphasizes specialized fungal structures at the root-fungus interface that are involved in nutrient exchange between #symbionts. However, this classification is somewhat contrived, as the biological reality favours a continuum rather than distinct divisions. Mycorrhizal #fungi and certain endophytic fungi colonize roots and transfer nutrients to host plants via undifferentiated hyphae/hyphal coils or highly specialized structures such as arbuscules. Paradoxically, some of these associations are categorized as mycorrhiza, while others are labelled as endophytes, without apparent rationale. Here, we address the mycorrhiza-#endophyte misclassification issue and emphasize that the focus in definition of #mycorrhiza needs to be on ‘root colonization’ and ‘nutritional benefits for host plant’ (the two key features shared by all conventional mycorrhizal categories), rather than the inconsistent traits such as specialization of fungal structures at the symbiotic interface or carbon transfer to fungus.
