Leafcutter ants have been farming mushrooms for 50 million years 🐜🌾
Long before humans invented agriculture, leafcutter ants in the Americas were growing specialised fungi in underground gardens. They cut leaves, chew them into pulp, and feed their fungus — which feeds them back. The partnership is so perfect the fungus can’t survive without the ants.
The original underground farmers.
Drop a 🐜 if this just made ants your new favourite fungi partner!
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