Symbiotic Harpellales (Trichomycetes) in Tasmanian aquatic insects
Issue Date
2005-01-01Author
Ferrington, Leonard C., Jr.
Lichtwardt, Robert W.
Hayford, Barbara
Williams, Marvin C.
Publisher
Mycological Society of America
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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Surveys for symbiotic fungi in the guts of aquatic insect larvae (Trichomycetes: Harpellales) in Tasmania, Australia, resulted in the discovery of four new species: two in Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) nymphs, Plecopteromyces leptoperlarum and P. trinotoperlarum, and two associated with Diptera larvae, Smittium magnosporum in Thaumaleidae and Stachylina dolichospora in Chironomidae. Previously described species of Harpellales from other localities are reported and new host records summarized. A key to all Tasmanian species of Harpellales is provided.
ISSN
0027-5514Collections
Citation
Ferrington, Leonard C. Jr.; Lichtwardt, Robert W.; Hayford, Barbara; Williams, Marvin C. (2005). "Symbiotic Harpellales (Trichomycetes) in Tasmanian aquatic insects." Mycologia, 97(1):254-262. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3852/mycologia.97.1.254
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