Hyperphoretic Dispersal of a Pyxidiophora Anamorph

Meredith Blackwell; J. Robert Bridges; John C. Moser; Thelma J. Perry

doi:10.1126/science.232.4753.993

Hyperphoretic Dispersal of a Pyxidiophora Anamorph

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Authors:

Meredith Blackwell, J. Robert Bridges, John C. Moser, Thelma J. Perry

Year:

1986

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.232.4753.993

Source:

Science 232: 993-995

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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.

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Blackwell, Meredith; Bridges, J. Robert; Moser, John C.; Perry, Thelma J. 1986. Hyperphoretic Dispersal of a Pyxidiophora Anamorph. Science 232: 993-995