Hyperphoretic Dispersal of a Pyxidiophora Anamorph
- 23 May 1986
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 232 (4753), 993-995
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.232.4753.993
Abstract
It has been suggested that Thaxteriola species and other minute, nonmycelial fungi associated with arthropods have phylogenetic relationships with the Laboulbeniales. However, direct development of the thallus of Thaxteriola from an ascospore of Pyxidiophora has now been discovered. Thaxteriola is specialized for dispersal by mites carried on pine bark beetles; other fungi dispersed by arthropods in this symbiotic assemblage rely primarily on arthropod specializations.Keywords
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