Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060628095216.htm
Summary: Ants are using fungi to help survive. This is called a symbioctic realationship. The ants feed the fungus in return the fungus feeds them and the process go's on. And the fungi acts as a sort of protection and housing for the ants.
Fungi Article Questions:
1) What type of lifestyle does the fungus in the article have? (Is it saprophytic, autotrophic, or parasitic?) What information lead you to this conclusion? Decomposer
2) What benefits or problems can you foresee with this particular fungus? It is helping the ants survive
3) List three things you learned from this article in your own words. Fungi reproduce sexually and disperse widely without the aid of their ant farmers. Other animals use fungi as a partener. Fungi can be grown like a crop.
4) Infer what potential impact this fungus will have on the environment it grows in. It helps different types of animals survives.
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