Global InformationLeucocoprinus gongylophorus information
| Leucocoprinus gongylophorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Leucocoprinus |
| Species: | L. gongylophorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucocoprinus gongylophorus (Alfred Möller) Heim (1957)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rozites gongylophorus Möller (1893) | |
Leucocoprinus gongylophorus is a fungus in the family Agaricaceae which is cultivated by certain leafcutter ants.[1] Like other species of fungi cultivated by ants, L. gongylophorus produces gongylidia, nutrient-rich hyphal swellings upon which the ants feed.[2] Production of mushrooms occurs only once ants abandon the nest.[3] L. gongylophorus is farmed by leaf cutter ant species belonging to the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, amongst others.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ McCoy, Peter (2016). Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working With Fungi. Chthaeus Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0986399602.