Lichtgedanken 03

S C HW E R P U N K T 32 »Fungus gardens« established by termites, with white fruiting bodies of the garden fungus Termitomyces . The oval fruiting bodies grow to a size of 1 cm. Infected fungus garden with harmful fungus Pseudoxylaria . The parasite acts like a »weed«, overrunning the nutritional fungus essential to the termites. F E AT U R E