Cendawan busut / cendawan pusu ( Termitomyces heimii) is anthill mushroom grown wild in by the
waterway, normally in oil palm plantation, thus sometimes called cendawan sawit.
It
is symbiotic with a certain termite, Odontotermes
spp. The termites cultivate the
mushroom by breaking down wooden material that the mushroom needs to grow
on. The termites in turn use the
material decomposted by the mushroom as food.
The
mushroom often found emerging from underground termite nest during rainy
season.
While
Termitomyces do have somewhat
distinctive morphology, the only way to absolutely identify them is by the
termite they are associating.
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