Fig. 1: Natural growth and occurrence of fungal mutualist Termitomyces and termite-associated Pseudoxylaria strains.
From: Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies
A Mature fungus comb from a Macrotermes natalensis colony with spore-containing fungal nodules of a Termitomyces strain, B Pseudoxylaria stromata emerging from fungus comb after incubation for eight days in the absence of termites, and C-E axenic fungal cultures of Pseudoxylaria strains isolated from different termite mounds grown on agar plates with, C Pseudoxylaria sp. Mn132, D Pseudoxylaria sp. X3-2, and E Pseudoxylaria sp. Mn153.
