ABSTRACT
The fungi cultivated by Attine ants with much care and success has not been the subject of much research, and we believe that the paucity of publications describing Symbiotic fungi is due to the lack of cooperation between mycologists and entomologists. Little is known with certainty about the taxonomic position and origin of the symbionts of the two most evolved genera of leaf-cutting ants. N. A. Weber thought that the accumulation of organic waste by the ant societies remains the essential causative factor for the generation of the symbiotic process. Therefore, the dynamics of fungal growth in the ant colony may follow the law of supply and demand. However, knowing that an ant society cannot exist without the fungus, it seems logical to try fungicidal techniques. The fungicidal baits that are rejected by the ants are taken to their rubbish heap, and some of the ant colonies exposed to these baits moved their nests overnight.
