ambrosia fungus

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun[edit]

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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ambrosia_fungus&oldid=77916998"