Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus is a mushroom cultivated by certain leafcutter ants.[1] Like other species of fungi cultivated by ants, L. gongylophorus produces gongylidia, nutrient-rich swellings upon which ants feed.[2] The fungus is completely dependent on ants for survival, as the ants feed the fungus. Production of mushrooms occurs only once ants abandon the nest. [3]

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Leucoagaricus
Species:
L. gongylophorus
Binomial name
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
(Möller) Singer (1986)
Synonyms
  • Leucocoprinus gongylophorus (Möller) Dörfelt & Creutzb. 1994
  • Pholiota gongylophora (F.H.Møller) Rick 1961
  • Pholiota gongylophora (F.H.Møller) Sacc. 1895
  • Rozites gongylophora Möller 1893

See also

References
  1. Aylward FO, Burnum-Johnson KE, Tringe SG, Teiling C, Tremmel DM, Moeller JA, et al. (June 2013). "Leucoagaricus gongylophorus produces diverse enzymes for the degradation of recalcitrant plant polymers in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79 (12): 3770–8. doi:10.1128/AEM.03833-12. PMC 3675943. PMID 23584789.
  2. De Fine Licht HH, Boomsma JJ, Tunlid A (December 2014). "Symbiotic adaptations in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants". Nature Communications. 5: 5675. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.5675D. doi:10.1038/ncomms6675. PMID 25435021.
  3. McCoy, Peter (2016). Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working With Fungi. Chthaeus Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0986399602.


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