ambrosia fungus

English

Noun

ambrosia fungus (plural ambrosia fungi)

  1. Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles
    • 1942, Gina Hamilton, Kingdoms of Life - Fungi (eBook), Lorenz Educational Press, →ISBN:
      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.
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