Experiments have shown that if infected ants are moved from those locations, the fungus won't develop. Once in ideal locations, the ants bite down on the leaf's vein and the fungus grows hypha, or fungal threads, throughout their bodies. That sounds gross. It gets grosser more than that.When the fungus is large enough, it sends up a reproductive shoot called a fruiting body. The ant looks like it has a horn or antlers growing out of its head. New spores rain down from the fruiting body and infect more ants.
bite down 一口咬下去 hypha n.菌丝 gross adj.令人讨厌的 fruiting body 子实体