What benefit do Cordyceps fungi gain from interacting with ants and other insects hosts, and what happens to the hosts by interacting with fungus? Please select all correct answers

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What benefit do Cordyceps fungi gain from interacting with ants and other insects hosts, and what happens to the hosts by interacting with fungus? Please select all correct answers. 

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Insect hosts gain a source of food.
Insect hosts die.
Fungi gain ideal envrionmental conditions for reproduction.
Insect hosts are neither positvely nor negatively affected.
Fungi gain protection from other insects.
Transcribed Image Text:a b с d e Insect hosts gain a source of food. Insect hosts die. Fungi gain ideal envrionmental conditions for reproduction. Insect hosts are neither positvely nor negatively affected. Fungi gain protection from other insects.
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