Size variation of trichospores of Harpella melusinae in larval black flies

Mycologia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Kim, Sam Kyu ^a   Adler, Peter H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptera; Fungi; Harpellales; Simuliidae; Symbiosis; Trichomycetes; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FIXATIVE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOPHENOL COTTON BLUE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FLY; FUNGUS; LARVA; SEASONALITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPORE; STREAM; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; STAINING; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANIMALS; BENZENESULFONATES; FIXATIVES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LACTIC ACID; LARVA; PHENOLS; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPORES; STAINING AND LABELING; SYMBIOSIS; ZYGOMYCOTA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAROLINA; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

DIPTERA; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HARPELLA MELUSINAE; HARPELLALES; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 34548052506     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.99.3.351     Document Type: Article

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