Leaf-cutter ants cultivate fungus. The ants keep conditions optimal for fungus growth and carry leaf fragments for the fungus to grow on. Then the ants feed on pieces of the fungus. Which kind of relationship exists between the fungus and the ants? (1 point)

• consumer/producer
predator/prey
parasite/host
• symbiotic

The kind of relationship that exists between the fungus and the ants is a symbiotic relationship.