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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}} | {{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}} | ||
The fungus on Parasect is identified as [[tochukaso]], an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its insect host. The base insect is a deformed version of what is probably a {{wp|cicada}} nymph, the parasitic fungi having caused a form of {{wp|neoteny}}. | The fungus on Parasect is identified as [[tochukaso]], an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its {{wp|insect}} host. The base insect is a deformed version of what is probably a {{wp|cicada}} {{wp|Nymph (biology)|nymph}}, the parasitic fungi having caused a form of {{wp|neoteny}}. | ||
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