Stefan F. Wirth<p>When <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/carry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carry</span></a> other organisms: If it is a regular dispersal strategy it can be <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/phoresy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phoresy</span></a>. When phoretic <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a>, such as soil mite <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Histiostoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histiostoma</span></a> sp. (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Astigmata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astigmata</span></a>) here, disperse <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> themselves, this can be hyperphoresy. The mating adult mites in my <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEM</span></a> carry <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/macroconidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroconidia</span></a>, presumably of Ascomycota. Adult mites aren't the phoretic stage, thus they can disperse a fungus only within their limited <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a>. <br>©<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> Berlin 2025</p><p>Reference <br>S. F. Wirth (2023)<br><a href="https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/GSOIL4N/GSOIL4N-Posters/ID_167.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/</span><span class="invisible">GSP/GSOIL4N/GSOIL4N-Posters/ID_167.pdf</span></a></p>