Гриби-зомбі в крейдовому періоді. Еволюція офіокордицепсових грибів

Approximately 100 million years ago, a drop of resin fell from a tree. By a blind chance, it fell on the body of an ant, through whose integuments the fruiting body of the fungus burst. Thus, one of the few evidences of parasitism of the Ophiocordyceps fungus on a living being entered the geological record. This group of fungi is known for a number of representatives that are able to change the behavior of their victims, which served as inspiration for the creation of the famous game and TV series “The Last of Us”. We will talk about the Ophiocordyceps fungi of the Cretaceous period in this video. 00:00 A drop of resin from a tree 00:43 The worlds of insects and fungi 01:07 What are entomopathogenic fungi? 02:34 Few fossil remains of entomopathogenic fungi 03:37 Earliest evidence of insect zombies 04:47 Remains from Dominican amber 05:12 Sample from Baltic amber. Allocordyceps 06:32 The oldest evidence of fungal parasitism on insects 06:51 How many Ophiocordyceps are there now 07:59 Two new specimens 08:55 Cladistic analysis 09:28 Evolution of Ophiocordyceps fungi 11:57 Ants and ancient Ophiocordyceps fungi 13:56 Switching to new hosts While I'm talking - you can support the collection to pay for Starlinks for my brother's unit from the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade - https://send.monobank.ua/jar/94xizsxEfK I try to cover this need myself, but it doesn't always work out. Thanks to you, the subscription fee was paid in May and June, now I am collecting funds for the subscription fee for July For all questions, write here: [email protected] (I do not guarantee an answer) Support the channel: 1. Support the channel Base from Mono https://base.monobank.ua/3WwbEouk3hiY... Donatello - https://donatello.to/dovkolabotany Patreon -   / dovkolabotanika   Youtube -    / @dovkolabotanika   2. PayPal [email protected] 3. Monobank Bank, which supports the purchase of new equipment and repair of old equipment: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/dX4v1NYEg 4. For details Private - 5169 3324 3009 3800 (in the designation - "Educational Services") You can transfer from card to card only if you are a Privat client. Then the individual entrepreneur will pick up the number. Mono: 5408810040247677 Purpose - Educational services (You can transfer from card to card if you are a Mono client. Then the individual entrepreneur will pick up the number.) my autographed books that I currently have in stock (specify delivery times if it is very urgent at [email protected]) Children's book "Planet in Paws" - https://forms.gle/MeJgiJpx5eKpnZ577 "Fruits vs. Vegetables" - https://forms.gle/8vTAHC5tfBzkABjB6 "Alien Plants" - https://forms.gle/ss98GCwzmKDkWhHC7 "Planet of Mushrooms" https://forms.gle/H1wGSzC9bJSqLU5b7 "Ordinary Exotics" https://bit.ly/3VtezOw My social networks: Facebook page -   / olexii.kovalenko   Dovkolabotanika's FB page -   / dovkolabotanika   Dovkolabotanika's Instagram -   / dovkolabotanika   Twitter - https://x.com/botanikafake