Leafcutter Ants Cut Large Amounts of Leaf Material and Carry

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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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