Mycetosoritis hartmanni

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Mycetosoritis hartmanni

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:25 pm

The fungus of the texan species Mycetosoritis hartmanni is grown on a substrate of caterpillar droppings!! Not all the attines are leaf-cutters!

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