Zygospores of selected Trichomycetes in larval Diptera of the families Chironomidae and Simuliidae

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-320

  Beard, Charles E ^a   Adler, Peter H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Black flies; Chironomids; Diptera; Fungi; Harpella; Simulium; Smittium; Stachylina; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; SPORE; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HARPELLA MELUSINAE; HARPELLACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE; SMITTIUM; SMITTIUM COLORADENSE; STACHYLINA PEDIFER; TRICHOMYCETES;

EID: 0037656229     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833116     Document Type: Article

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