Parasitic fungus may have emerged 18 million years before the ants with which it lives today

Summary

A study published in the journal Communications Biology suggests that a genus of fungi, previously thought to be a parasite of ant-associated fungi, may have more complex ecological roles, having emerged 18 million years before the ants they are associated with today. This finding challenges previous assumptions about the relationship between these fungi and ants, according to Phys.org.