ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

spe, ýles where the alaten carry spores In the Cutl further- evidence Is
provided by Ruelle (1964) and Van Ryn U974) who never found basidlocarps
associated, with thcrotermes bellicomus, which In kzxmn -to be -a carrier of
spores And Coaton (1961), who. nevor found basidlocarps'associated, with
Ricroterne-9 in southern Africao
Associations between termites and TqrpltýTayeea recorded, ln'the
literature are shown In Table 6-2-7 and raises the question of
specificity between termites And Termit2!! D., cell Grasse (ISY59), and Hein
(1952a) considered there was a tendency for species of fungi to be -
associated with Genera of termites* There iscortainly a-degree-of
specificity on the part of the fungus* Sands, (1960) found that
Ancistrotermen Mitneensin could feed and survive on fungun comb of.
A. crucifer, but was unable to inoculate its own sterile TLMgus, comb
from this sourpe. If supplied with fungus cccib from -their own species
they could-then Inoculate their own comb, Although 2, species of fungi
may be associated with the same lezvilte species theyýhave never been
found together In -the same moun& **go 2: _ 'AicrocaMs and To, n1bum1nonux
(VatrA and Utra 1979)9 with Cdontatermes obasus taid 0. Ordasipurmsixo
In order to accurately determine the associationa between the species,
it is naceggary to follow the pseudorhiza. down to its insertion on the
funcus comb and collect tervAtes from the funow -comb as termites of a
different species may be foraging in the vicinity* The fact that
basidiocarps, occur_cm a wound of a certain ternite-may not mean they,
are growing from combs of that species as fungus comb of soveral species
are often closely-associated with mounds* FrultIng was observed
originating from Ancistrotermes cavithoraX comb in the wall of a mound
of Macrotermes aluhXallnum and from A. cavithorax comb very near to
Cubitermes nests* Per these rmson. 9 some of the associations reported
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