Leaf cutter ants are famous for farming fungi. The bromatia, is a swollen tip on the fungus that the ants treat basically as a fruit, or a small mushroom would be more acurate.
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Photo cred: The http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/SymbiosisAnts.html page about symbiotic ants.
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