"fungus comb" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, Helmut König, Ajit Varma, Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, page 346",
          "text": "This enzyme might be responsible for the degradation of phenolics in the fungus comb.",
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          "ref": "2012, Bozzano G Luisa, Insect-Fungus Interactions, page 74",
          "text": "The sexual stage of the fungus, the basidiocarp, arises as a pseudorhiza from a fungus comb and continues as a stipe, terminating in a cap with a prominent umbo or perforatorium.",
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          "ref": "2018, Omkar, Pests and Their Management, page 928",
          "text": "Fungus comb also serves as food source, especially in adverse climatic conditions or when food is scarce.",
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          "text": "The termites chew wood into a slurry which they regugitate in fungal gardens, known as the 'fungus comb', by contrast with bees' honeycomb.",
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        "A slurry of masticated or partially digested wood that termites create which is subsequently digested by white rot fungus to produce a byproduct that the termites can eat."
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