The ambrosial mycobiota of Treptoplatypus oxyurus (Coleoptera, Platypodidae): a unique island of fungal diversity revealing Wilhelmdebeerea oxyuri gen. et sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales), and two new yeast species Blastobotrys sasensis sp. nov., and Sugiyamaella casensis sp. nov. (Dipodascales) Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) form obligate nutritional symbioses with ambrosia fungi cultivated within their galleries. Among them, the pinhole borers (Platypodinae) are predominantly…

🪲 The hidden biodiversity of Europe's forests: scientists have found previously undescribed fungi living in symbiosis with a unique species of beetle

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