BORROW, SWALLOW, AND RECYCLE. The Leafcutter ant fungus “produces specialized hyphal swellings called gongylidia that serve as the primary food source of ant colonies. Gongylidia also contain plant biomass-degrading enzymes that become concentrated in ant digestive tracts and are deposited within fecal droplets onto fresh foliar material as ants incorporate it into the fungus garden.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022