Termites are quite curious insects. Beside having social structures and building strong and sophisticated nests, some species practice fungiculture. They feed on the fungi Termitomyces, which they farm in gardens maintained by the excrement of the insects.  Nevertheless, as any garden, Termitomyces farming can suffer the invasion of  oportunistic weeds, especially the fungi Pseudoxylaria sp. Pseudoxylaria outcompetes other oportunistic fungi and Termitomyces itself...

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