Reference for Eduyot 3:2

אֹכֶל פָּרוּד, אֵינוֹ מִצְטָרֵף, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי דוֹסָא בֶּן הַרְכִּינַס. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, מִצְטָרֵף. מְחַלְּלִין מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי עַל אֲסִימוֹן, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי דוֹסָא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין מְחַלְּלִין. מַטְבִּילִין יָדַיִם לַחַטָּאת, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי דוֹסָא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אִם נִטְמְאוּ יָדָיו, נִטְמָא גוּפוֹ:

Separated food [e.g., a clump of nuts, pistachios, and almonds, which, when they are separated from each other, do not contain the size of an egg, (the minimum size for making other foods tamei)], do not combine, each with the other, [(if they are tamei, and clean food touched them when they are clumped together) to make clean food tamei, since there is not in each one of them the minimum size for making food tamei.] These are the words of R. Dossa b. Hyrcanus. And the sages say that they do combine.

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