Most orchids live in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots: The plants provide sugar they produce through ...

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Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi ...

However, the small size of these wasps and the challenges of rearing them have made the molecular mechanisms of parasitism difficult to decipher. Focusing on the endoparasitoid wasp A. japonica ...

Some orchids stop making food and feed on fungi instead. Researchers found they do this only when conditions allow.

Why have some orchids stopped photosynthesis and become parasites feeding on fungi? Researchers found that in at least one species the transition may be driven by the opportunity -- more than by the ...

Some orchids have evolved a unique parasitic lifestyle, abandoning full reliance on photosynthesis in favor of extracting nutrients from fungi. Oreorchis patens serves as a fascinating case, capable ...

Researchers found that some orchids abandon photosynthesis and feed on fungi when conditions allow. Instead of relying on ...

Why have some orchids stopped photosynthesis and become parasites feeding on fungi? Kobe University researchers found that in at least one species the transition may be driven by the opportunity more ...

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...