Mycophagy: A Global Review of Interactions between Invertebrates and Fungi.

ABSTRACT: Fungi are diverse organisms that occupy important niches in natural settings and agricultural settings, acting as decomposers, mutualists, and parasites and pathogens. Interactions between fungi and other organisms, specifically invertebrates, are understudied. Their numbers are also severely underestimated. Invertebrates exist in many of the same spaces as fungi and are known to engage in fungal feeding or mycophagy. This review aims to provide a comprehensive, global view of mycophagy in invertebrates to bring attention to areas that need more research, by prospecting the existing literature. Separate searches on the Web of Science were performed using the terms "mycophagy" and "fungivore". Invertebrate species and corresponding fungal species were extracted from the articles retrieved,

SUBMITTER: Santamaria B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9968043 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature