ambrosia fungi

English

Noun

ambrosia fungi

1. plural of ambrosia fungus
   • 2012, Gerard Meurant, Insect-Fungus Interactions, Academic Press, →ISBN:

     Ambrosia beetles which are the first colonists of a dead tree must carry their ambrosia fungus with them to survive. Species which arrive later could make use these introduced fungi if their own galleries are close to those of the first colonists.