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| Record Summary | Fungal infection on Soldier Beetle on leaf of Hemp Agrimony |
| Found as | Infection |
| Date | 17 July 2007 |
| Associated organism | Rhagonycha fulva |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SN69 |
| Lat/Lon | 52° 30’ N, 4° 0’ W |
| Vice County | Cardigan, VC no: 46 |
| Country | Wales |
| Voucher | 17 Jul 2007[G] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Shaggy pale brownish filaments descending from abdomen of Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva).
Filaments: thin-walled, hyaline, cylindric hyphae 13-18µm diam, with constricted septa, collapsing above.
With occasional pollen grains of Hemp Agrimony (which was just coming into flower) subspherical spiny c.23µm diam. with wall 2.5µm thick and acuminate spines ≤3µm tall.
Unfortunately, by the time the specimen was examined, it had become covered with a hyaline hyphomycete with small conidia.
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