Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars

dc.contributor.authorBizarria, Rodolfo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorKooij, Pepijn W. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Andre [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:46:30Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:46:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-01
dc.description.abstractMaintaining symbiosis homeostasis is essential for mutualistic partners. Leaf-cutting ants evolved a long-term symbiotic mutualism with fungal cultivars for nourishment while using vertical asexual transmission across generations. Despite the ants’ efforts to suppress fungal sexual reproduction, scattered occurrences of cultivar basidiomes have been reported. Here, we review the literature for basidiome occurrences and associated climate data. We hypothesized that more basidiome events could be expected in scenarios with an increase in temperature and precipitation. Our field observations and climate data analyses indeed suggest that Acromyrmex coronatus colonies are prone to basidiome occurrences in warmer and wetter seasons. Even though our study partly depended on historical records, occurrences have increased, correlating with climate change. A nest architecture with low (or even the lack of) insulation might be the cause of this phenomenon. The nature of basidiome occurrences in the A. coronatus–fungus mutualism can be useful to elucidate how resilient mutualistic symbioses are in light of climate change scenarios.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of General and Applied Biology São Paulo State University (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartment of General and Applied Biology São Paulo State University (UNESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCAPES: 001
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 142396/2019-2
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2019/03746-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2019/24412-2
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 305269/2018-6
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7110912
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Fungi, v. 7, n. 11, 2021.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/jof7110912
dc.identifier.issn2309-608X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85118123828
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/222742
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Fungi
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectFungal sexual reproduction
dc.subjectFungiculture
dc.subjectFungus-growing ants
dc.subjectMushroom phenology
dc.subjectNest architecture
dc.titleClimate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivarsen
dc.typeArtigo

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