Fig. 8: Effect of Termitomyces sp. T153 and Pseudoxylaria sp. X802 mycelia on the relative growth rate and survival of S. littoralis larvae.
From: Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies
Insects were fed with either A PDA, B PDA agar plug covered with vegetative Termitomyces sp. T153, C PDA agar plug from which vegetative Termitomyces sp. T153 was removed prior to feeding, D PDA agar plug covered with vegetative Pseudoxylaria sp. X802 mycelium, and E PDA agar plug from which vegetative Pseudoxylaria sp. X802 mycelium was removed prior to feeding. All experiments were performed with 25 replicates per treatment, a duration of 10 days, and larval weights and survival rates were recorded every day. Statistical significances were determined using ANOVA on ranks (p < 0.001, n = 25) followed by Dunn’s post-hoc test (indicated by different letters at the alpha = 0.05 level).
