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If Fungi of the Genus Cordyceps Are Ingested by Insects

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If fungi of the genus Cordyceps are ingested by insects, fruiting bodies from the fungi will form and erupt through the bodies of the insects and then kill the insect hosts. Since Cordyceps are using the insects as a host for growth and dispersal, these fungi are an example of


A) symbiosis.
B) parasitic fungi.
C) lichens.
D) mycorrhizae.

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