| fungal communities in gardens of the leafcutter ant atta cephalotes in forest and cabruca agrosystems of southern bahia state (brazil). | leaf-cutting ants interact with several fungi in addition to the fungal symbiont they cultivate for food. here, we assessed alien fungal communities in colonies of atta cephalotes. fungus garden fragments were sampled from colonies in the atlantic rainforest and in a cabruca agrosystem in the state of bahia (brazil) in two distinct periods to evaluate whether differences in nest habitat influence the diversity of fungi in the ant colonies. we recovered a total of 403 alien fungi isolates from 62 ... | 2015 | 26615740 |