Grass choke disease on #Dactylis glomerata caused by #Epichloë typhina (Ascomycota), seen here with mostly immature stromae and mycophagous larvae of #Botanophila sp. involved in cross-fertilizing the fungus (La Roche-Guyon, FR).

Today, a few meters from my office @INRAE_Bioger 🤗: several immature stromae of #Epichloë typhina on orchardgrass (#Dactylis glomerata), with larvae of #Botanophila sp. involved in the fungus fertilization. Amazing story summarized last year ⬇️

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Today, a few meters from my office @INRAE_Bioger 🤗: several immature stromae of #Epichloë typhina on orchardgrass (#Dactylis glomerata), with larvae of #Botanophila sp. involved in the fungus fertilization. Amazing story summarized last year ⬇️

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(6/8) More exciting: Eggs (the small white mouth-shaped structure) and larval brood chambers of #Botanophila sp. are present on >85% of E. typhina stromata (in average 4-5 per stromata), consistently with assessments of Gorzynska et al. (2010) in Poland

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(6/8) More exciting: Eggs (the small white mouth-shaped structure) and larval brood chambers of #Botanophila sp. are present on >85% of E. typhina stromata (in average 4-5 per stromata), consistently with assessments of Gorzynska et al. (2010) in Poland

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

(6/8) More exciting: Eggs (the small white mouth-shaped structure) and larval brood chambers of #Botanophila sp. are present on >85% of E. typhina stromata (in average 4-5 per stromata), consistently with assessments of Gorzynska et al. (2010) in Poland

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…