Termite mound

Larger termite mounds play a role in providing a habitat for plants and animals, especially on plains in Africa that are seasonally inundated by a rainy season, providing a retreat above the water for smaller animals and birds, and a growing medium for woody shrubs with root systems that cannot withstand inundation for several weeks. In addition, scorpions, lizards, snakes, small mammals, and birds live in abandoned or weathered mounds, and aardvarks dig substantial caves and burrows in them, which may then become homes for animals such as hyenas and mongooses.
Also take a look at this web page for some interesting trivia: http://collaborativeinnovation.org/biomimicry-termite-inspired-sustainable-building/

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Excellent educational post! Posted 11 years ago
1. Lilygirl
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks. I see that you have a termite picture that is unidentified. Where did you take that one?
  
  Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I took that one in the Pantanal, Brazil (location can be extracted from the tags, although easily missed). Posted 11 years ago

The Termitomyces schimperi

''Termitomyces schimperi'', commonly referred by its Herero name Ejova , is a mushroom associated with the termite species ''Macrotermes michaelseni'' of Namibia. In the plural the mushroom is referred to as Omajowa by both the Herero and Ovambo people of Namibia. German Namibians refer to the mushroom as Termitenpilz.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by Lilygirl