Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers

Abstract Leafcutter ants farm a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) that converts inedible vegetation into food that sustains colonies with up to millions of workers. Analogous to edible fruits of crops domesticated by humans, L. gongylophorus has evolved specialized nutritional rewards—sw...

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Published in:	IMA Fungus
Main Authors:	Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra, Lok Man Yuen, Bruno Augusto Maciel Guedes, Marta Contreras-Serrano, Pedro Elias Marques, Jonathan Zvi Shik
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pensoft Publishers 2023-09-01
Subjects:	Autophagy Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Leafcutter ant Gongylidia Fungus Symbiosis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-023-00126-5