ABSTRACT
Fogel, Robert. 1975. Insect mycophagy: a preliminary bibliography. U.S. Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rept. PNW-36. Pacific NW Forest and Range Expt. Sta., Portland, Oregon.
For well over a century, certain insects have been known to feed on fungal fruiting bodies. Sporeeating insects have been presumed to be vectors of the fungi eaten. Only recently, however, have spores been demonstrated to remain viable after passage through an insect’s digestive tract. These works have reawakened interest in the role of insect mycophagy in dissemination of pathogenic, mycorrhizal, and other fungi. References in this bibliography are intended to provide an entry into the insect mycophagy literature.
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