Abstract
The fungus genus Escovopsis (Ascomycota, Hypocreaceae) shares an evolutionary history with the fungus-growing attine ants (Attini, Attina). For several years, studies on Escovopsis were focused solely on its ecological interaction with fungi cultivated by the attines. However, recent studies have shown that attine colonies has a great taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis spp. Colonies of Apt…