Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms

Autores
Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto; Josens, Roxana Beatriz
Año de publicación
2012
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This study reports on the observation of an unusual behavior in leaf-cutting ants: foraging on wild mushrooms. A colony of Acromyrmex lundi in Buenos Aires (Argentina) was observed intensively harvesting basidiomes (mushroom fructifications) of wild Agrocybe fungus developing on a tree bark. Another colony maintained for a month in laboratory conditions also accepted Agrocybe mushroom and incorporated the cut bits into the fungus garden in the same way as they do with leaves. We recorded these events confident that they open a new perspective on the study of the feeding habits of leaf-cutting ants as well as on the relationship between their fungus garden and other organisms.
Fil: Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Micología y Botánica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Micología y Botánica; Argentina
Fil: Josens, Roxana Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio del Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales; Argentina
Materia
Acromyrmex
Foraging
Fungi
Leaf-Cutting Ants
Wild Mushrooms
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
title Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
spellingShingle Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto
Acromyrmex
Foraging
Fungi
Leaf-Cutting Ants
Wild Mushrooms
title_short Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
title_full Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
title_fullStr Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
title_full_unstemmed Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
title_sort Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto
Josens, Roxana Beatriz
author Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto
author_facet Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto
Josens, Roxana Beatriz
author_role author
author2 Josens, Roxana Beatriz
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Acromyrmex
Foraging
Fungi
Leaf-Cutting Ants
Wild Mushrooms
topic Acromyrmex
Foraging
Fungi
Leaf-Cutting Ants
Wild Mushrooms
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This study reports on the observation of an unusual behavior in leaf-cutting ants: foraging on wild mushrooms. A colony of Acromyrmex lundi in Buenos Aires (Argentina) was observed intensively harvesting basidiomes (mushroom fructifications) of wild Agrocybe fungus developing on a tree bark. Another colony maintained for a month in laboratory conditions also accepted Agrocybe mushroom and incorporated the cut bits into the fungus garden in the same way as they do with leaves. We recorded these events confident that they open a new perspective on the study of the feeding habits of leaf-cutting ants as well as on the relationship between their fungus garden and other organisms.
Fil: Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Micología y Botánica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Micología y Botánica; Argentina
Fil: Josens, Roxana Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio del Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales; Argentina
description This study reports on the observation of an unusual behavior in leaf-cutting ants: foraging on wild mushrooms. A colony of Acromyrmex lundi in Buenos Aires (Argentina) was observed intensively harvesting basidiomes (mushroom fructifications) of wild Agrocybe fungus developing on a tree bark. Another colony maintained for a month in laboratory conditions also accepted Agrocybe mushroom and incorporated the cut bits into the fungus garden in the same way as they do with leaves. We recorded these events confident that they open a new perspective on the study of the feeding habits of leaf-cutting ants as well as on the relationship between their fungus garden and other organisms.
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Lechner, Bernardo Ernesto; Josens, Roxana Beatriz; Observation of leaf-cutting ants foraging on wild mushrooms; Birkhauser Verlag Ag; Insectes Sociaux; 59; 2; 25-5-2012; 285-288
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