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- Title
Mushroom attracts hornets for spore dispersal by a distinctive yeasty scent.
- Authors
Suetsugu, Kenji; Okamoto, Tomoko; Kato, Makoto
- Abstract
In this regard, our observations (frequent hornet visitations and fermentation-like odor profiles based on human olfaction) led us to hypothesize that I P. nipponica i represents a novel example of a fungus using fermentation-like volatiles to attract hornets for spore dispersal. Although social I Vespa i spp. are known to consume I P. nipponica i (Matsuura [9]), there has, to the best of our knowledge, been no demonstration of spore dispersal by these hornets for any mushroom species. Similarly, hornets are also attracted to the nectarless orchid I Dendrobium sinense i , which mimics the alarm pheromones of honeybees, a common hornet prey item (Brodmann et al. [2]).
- Subjects
FUNGAL spores; HORNETS; ODORS; SPORES; COMPARATIVE biology; CULTIVATED mushroom; MICROBIOLOGY; BOTANY
- Publication
Ecology, 2019, Vol 100, Issue 8, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ecy.2718