Definition of Gongylidia. Meaning of Gongylidia. Synonyms of Gongylidia

- Gongylidia (singular gongylidium) are hyphal swellings of fungus cultivated by higher-attine genera of fungus-growing ants. This fungus no longer exists...
- develops adaptations to its perceived threats by modifying the gongylidia. The gongylidia provide the ants with highly nutritious food, resulting in antifungal...
- other species of fungi cultivated by ants, L. gongylophorus produces gongylidia, nutrient-rich hyphal swellings upon which the ants feed. Production of...
- to complete. Their fungi produce nutritious and swollen hyphal tips (gongylidia) that grow in bundles called staphylae, to specifically feed the ants...
- collect it. The ants feed on structures produced by the fungi called gongylidia. Symbiotic bacteria on the exterior surface of the ants produce antibiotics...
- domesticated a single fungal lineage with gongylidia to feed colonies. This evolution of using gongylidia appears to have developed in the dry habitats...
- po****tion of M. smithii has a fungal cultivar with gongylidia-like structures. This is unusual, because gongylidia are the nutrient rich food bodies produced...
- Leucocoprinus gongylophorus. The fungus produces special structures, called gongylidia, which have evolved to be eaten by ants. A. ****dens workers spend a considerable...
- pellucid dots containing toxic secondary metabolites. Elaiosome Food bodies Gongylidia "The importance of petiole structure on inhabitability by ants" "Annals...