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ambrosia fungi

ambrosia fungi is the plural of ambrosia fungus.

Meaning of ambrosia fungus

Noun

ambrosia fungus (plural ambrosia fungi)

  1. Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles
    • Some ambrosia fungi are only known from beetle galleries, and it is believed that those associations are obligate — the fungi cannot survive without the beetle farmers. Generations of closely related beetles farm generations of cloned ambrosia fungus.1942, Gina Hamilton, Kingdoms of Life - Fungi (eBook), Lorenz Educational Press, →ISBN

Questions about ambrosia fungi

What is ambrosia fungi the plural of?
Ambrosia fungi is the plural of ambrosia fungus.

Words near ambrosia fungi in the dictionary

  1. Ambrosden
  2. ambrose
  3. ambrosia
  4. ambrosia beetle
  5. ambrosia beetles
  6. ambrosia fungi
  7. ambrosia fungus
  8. ambrosiac
  9. ambrosiae
  10. ambrosial
  11. ambrosially

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