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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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FUNGI SS. (true fungi) |
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ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds) |
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ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds) |
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ENTOMOPHTHORALES (an order of entomophagous fungi) |
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Entomophthorales is also a member of: |
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Micromycetes (via Zygomycota) |
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Lower Plants (via Fungi ss.) |
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
ENTOMOPHTHORALES G. Winter, 1880 (an order of entomophagous fungi)
Further Information
| 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) | 1 | ||||
| Genus | Conidiobolus Bref., 1884 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 1 | 6 | |||
| Family | ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE Nowak., 1877 (a family of entomophagous fungi) | 5 | ||||
| Species | Entomophaga grylli (Fresen.) A. Batko, 1964 (an entomophagous fungus) | 2 | ||||
| Genus | Entomophthora Fresen., 1856 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 3 | 50 | 51 | 133 | 4 |
| Genus | Erynia (Nowak. ex Batko) Remaud. & Hennebert, 1980 (a genus of entomophagous fungi) | 1 | 6 | 15 | 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., 1975 | Key to Entomophthora |
aquatic forms | |
| Sparrow, F.K., 1960 | Aquatic Phycomycetes |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 10 general literature references to ENTOMOPHTHORALES (an order of entomophagous fungi)
ENTOMOPHTHORALES may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
FUNGI SS. (true fungi) |
ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds) |
ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds) |
| Fungi sl. |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 82 feeding and other relationships of ENTOMOPHTHORALES (an order of entomophagous fungi)
