Pseudoxylaria as stowaway of the fungus-growing termite nest: Interaction asymmetry between Pseudoxylaria, Termitomyces and free-living relatives

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 322-332

  Visser, Anna A ^a   Kooij, Pepijn W ^a,b   Debets, Alfons J M ^a   Kuyper, Thomas W ^a   Aanen, Duur K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Carbon source competition; Fungal symbionts; Fungus growing termites; Interaction; Mutualism; Pseudoxylaria; Symbiosis; Termitomyces; Xylaria

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES; XYLARIA; XYLARIACEAE;

EID: 79960630022     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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