ambrosia fungus

noun

Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles

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nounambrosia fungus (plural ambrosia fungi)

plural ambrosia fungi

  1. Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles

    Some ambrosia fungi are only known from beetle galleries, and it is believed that those associations are obligate — the fungi cannot survive without the beetle farmers. Generations of closely related beetles farm generations of cloned ambrosia fungus.

    1942, Gina Hamilton, Kingdoms of Life - Fungi (eBook), Lorenz Educational Press, →ISBN
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