AuthorTyler, J.
Year2008
TitleThe Ant, the Aphid and the Fungus
TypePaper
SourceField Mycology Vol 9 (1): 22-3.
IllustrationsColour photograph
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Describes the close relationship between the Jet Black Ant, Lasius fuliginosus, and the hyphomycete, Cladosporium myrmecophilum. The ant uses fungal conidiophores to strengthen the carton of which the nest is built.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, Colour photographCurrentLasius fuliginosusJet Ant, Jet Black AntAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Formicidae
For identificationCurrentCladosporium myrmecophiluma hyphomyceteFungi: Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae
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