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Genomic Signatures of Domestication in a Fungus Obligately Farmed by Leafcutter Ants. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
The naturally selected fungal crop (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) farmed by leafcutter ants shows striking parallels with artificially selected plant crops domesticated by humans (e.g.
Leal-Dutra CA, Vizueta J, Baril T, Kooij PW, Rødsgaard-Jørgensen A, Conlon BH, Croll D, Shik JZ.   +7 more
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Chemical analysis and hydroalcoholic extract activity of ferns on the mutualist fungus of leafcutter ants [PDF]

Rodriguésia
Leafcutter ants are among the most important agricultural and forest pests in the Neotropical region, given that they use plant matter as substrate for the growth of their mutualist fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus.
Isabella Rodrigues Lancellotti, Fábio Vieira Araujo, Leandro Machado Rocha, Marcelo Guerra Santos   +3 more
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Development and validation of a RP-HPLC method to determine the xanthyletin content in biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles

Química Nova, 2014
Xanthyletin is used as an inhibitor of the symbiotic fungus (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) of the leaf-cutting ant (Atta sexdens rubropilosa), one of the most significant agricultural plague insects.
Cristiane de Melo Cazal, Moacir Rossi Forim, Maria Fátima G. Fernandes da Silva, Paulo Cezar Vieira, João Batista Fernandes   +4 more
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Discussion of development processes in insect‐fungus association derived from the shaggy parasol fruiting on the nests of hairy wood ants

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 9, Issue 20, Page 11619-11630, October 2019., 2019
Chlorophyllum rhacodes, an open forest 'mushroom' species, is occasionally found fruiting on nests of Formica lugubris. Within less mobile thatch of such nests, there was a spatial relationship between C. rhacodes mycelium, insect cadavers, fruitbody initiation, and roots of adjacent trees.
Douglas Fraser
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Understanding the Hygienic Behavioral Dynamics of Ants Using Multi‐State Models

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 4, Page 361-370, April 2026.
Leaf‐cutting ants adjust grooming to pathogen risk and vulnerable nestmates. Multi‐state Markov models reveal shorter, frequent self‐grooming bouts and reduced allogrooming persistence under stress, optimizing social immunity via stigmergic decision‐making.
Isabella Bueno, Gabriel R. Palma, Idemauro A. R. Lara, Rafael A. Moral, Italo Delalibera Jr, Wesley A. C. Godoy   +5 more
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The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher‐attine’ ant agriculture

Systematic Entomology, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 939-956, October 2019., 2019
Fungus‐farming ants cultivate fungus gardens for food. ‘Higher’ fungus‐farming ants, including the well‐known leaf‐cutting ants, cultivate domesticated cultivars that are clearly modified for life with ants. Here we show that the higher fungus‐farming ant genus Trachymyrmex consists of three different groups, one of which is the sister group of leaf ...
Scott E. Solomon, Christian Rabeling, Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo, Cauê T. Lopes, André Rodrigues, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Maurício Bacci Jr, Ulrich G. Mueller, Ted R. Schultz   +8 more
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Leucoagaricus (Agaricaceae) na região sul do Brasil [PDF]

, 2015
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Algas e Plantas, Florianópolis, 2015.Leucoagaricus Locq.
Cabrera, Celeste Heisecke
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Potential of alternative control of leaf‐cutting ants using essential oils: A systematic review

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 497-511, November 2025.
Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are abundant and cause considerable damage to agricultural and forest crops in the Neotropical region and are commonly controlled using sulfluramid‐based ant baits. However, this active ingredient is a precursor of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a persistent, human‐made pollutant that poses serious environmental
Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro, Crislaine C. Calazans, Virginia E. Masiulionis, Valfran S. Andrade, Tainara da S. Carvalho, Itamara Bomfim Gois, Genésio T. Ribeiro, Arie F. Blank, Ana P. A. Araújo, Leandro Bacci   +9 more
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Phylogenomic species delimitation and host‐symbiont coevolution in the fungus‐farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ultraconserved elements (UCEs) resolve a recent radiation

Systematic Entomology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 523-542, July 2017., 2017
Abstract Ants in the Neotropical genus Sericomyrmex Mayr cultivate fungi for food. Both ants and fungi are obligate, coevolved symbionts. The taxonomy of Sericomyrmex is problematic because the morphology of the worker caste is generally homogeneous across all of the species within the genus, species limits are vague, and the relationships between them
ANA JEŠOVNIK, JEFFREY SOSA‐CALVO, MICHAEL W. LLOYD, MICHAEL G. BRANSTETTER, FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ, TED R. SCHULTZ   +5 more
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Ant's Nest as a microenvironment: Distinct Mucoromycota (Fungi) community of the red wood ants' (Formica polyctena) mounds

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024.
Many social insect species build nests, which strongly differ from the surrounding environment and are often occupied by specific organismal communities. We compared the Mucoromycota (Fungi) community of red wood ant's (Formica polyctena) mounds with the community of the surrounding forest litter. We show that the fungal community of mounds is specific
Igor Siedlecki, Michał Kochanowski, Julia Pawłowska, Gabriela Reszotnik, Alicja Okrasińska, Marta Wrzosek   +5 more
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