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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
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ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds) |
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ENTOMOPHTHORALES (an order of entomophagous fungi) |
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
ENTOMOPHTHORALES G. Winter, 1880 (an order of entomophagous fungi)
| How to find | Infected insects die during summer and autumn in conspicuous positions: on plant stems and even windows. They can be found on the undersides of smooth leaves on trees where good numbers can be easily found, or, more traditionally, by searching on damp rocks etc, eg beside water. |
| Lab. techniques | Slide preps from small samples of the infection often fail to show the ripe sporangia necessary for identification - they are surprisingly efficiently ejected - but they can sometimes be sampled from hairs on the insect or even the substrate. With fresh specimens, adding a small leaf to maintain humidity and leaving overnight in a tube or covered on a slide may reward you with a halo of sporangia the following morning. The sporangia stain well in lactophenol cotton blue. |
Subtaxa
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| Family | ANCYLISTACEAE J. Schröt., 1893 (a family of entomophagous fungi) | 4 | |||||
| Genus | Conidiobolus Bref., 1884 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Family | ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE Nowak., 1877 (a family of entomophagous fungi) | 33 | |||||
| Species | Batkoa papillata (Thaxt.) Humber, 1989 (an entomophagous fungus) | 1 | |||||
| Species | Entomophaga grylli (Fresen.) A. Batko, 1964 (an entomophagous fungus) | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Genus | Entomophthora Fresen., 1856 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 21 | 28 | 18 | 52 | 25 | |
| Genus | Erynia (Nowak. ex Batko) Remaud. & Hennebert, 1980 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Species | Eryniopsis caroliniana (Thaxt.) Humber, 1984 (an entomophagous fungus) | 1 | |||||
| Genus | Furia (Batko) Humber, 1989 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Genus | Pandora Humber, 1989 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Genus | Zoophthora Batko, 1964 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Family | NEOZYGITACEAE (a family of entomophagous fungi) | 1 | |||||
| Species | Neozygites fresenii (Nowak.) Remaud. & S. Keller, 1980 (an entomophagous fungus) | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Samson, R.A., Evans, H.C. & Latgé, J-P., 1988 | Atlas of Entomopathogenic Fungi |
| Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 | Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato |
| Waterhouse, G.M. | Book/Report |
ENTOMOPHTHORALES may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with ENTOMOPHTHORALES:
Entomophthorales may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
