Multiple Choice
Leafcutter ants cut large amounts of leaf material and carry it back to their nests, where they use it in "fungal gardens" to feed and grow a fungus.The fungus depends on the ants for its food and is also the primary food for the ants, themselves.This interaction between ants and fungi is best described as
A) obligate mutualism.
B) obligate parasitism.
C) obligate commensalism.
D) facultative mutualism.
E) facultative commensalism.
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