the last type of ants that you just mentioned, how do they mate?
The winged males and queens then take their nuptial flights to mate high in the air.
Fungus-growing ants
 These winged males and queens then take their nuptial flights to mate high in the air. 
what is lycoperdon echinatum? A type of puffball mushroom. where is it found? Africa, Europe, Central America, and North America are there any species similar to it? L. echinatum you mentioned it was a type of mushroom, what was it again? Puffball mushroom is it edible? Young puffballs can be edible. are you able to classify this mushroom? Yes, the true truffles (Tuberales) are gasteroid Ascomycota. what is the last word you just mentioned? It is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi. are they beneficial to humans? Yes, ascus fungi have brought some important benefits to humanity. how do these mushrooms reproduce? It produces microscopic spores inside special, elongated cells or sacs. what kind of relation do they have with animals? The genus "Xylaria" colonize the nests of leafcutter ants and other fungus-growing ants.
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Fungus-growing ants [SEP] Mating
Typically, one queen lives per colony. Every year after the colony is about three years old, the queen lays eggs of female and male alates, the reproductive ants that will pass on the genes of the queens. Before leaving the nest, queens stuff some of the fungus' mycelia in her cibarium. These winged males and queens then take their nuptial flights to mate high in the air. In some areas, species flights are synchronized with all local colonies' virgin royalty flying at the same time on the same day, such as "Atta sexdens" and "Atta texana". Some species' queens mate with only one male, as in "Seriomyrmex" and "Trachymyrmex", while some are known to mate with as many as eight or 10, such as "Atta sexdens" and many" Acromyrmex" spp.