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Fungi associated with Asphondylia (Diptera : Cecidomyiidae) galls on Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Tecticornia arbuscula (Chenopodiaceae)

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posted on 2012-02-04, 00:00 authored by T Lebel, C Peele, Anneke VeenstraAnneke Veenstra
Galls induced by the gall-forming midges Asphondylia floriformis and A. sarcocorniae on Sarcocornia quinqueflora, and A. tecticorniae and A. peelei on Tecticornia arbuscula, were collected from two sites nearMelbourne, Victoria. Microfungi belonging to a broad range of families were found to be associated with external surfaces of galls and Journal Articles of Sarcocornia quinqueflora. However, only Botryosphaeria dothidea was isolated from the fungal mycelium lining gall-midge larval chambers of all four Asphondylia species, on both host plants

History

Journal

Fungal diversity

Volume

55

Issue

1

Pagination

143 - 154

Publisher

Springer

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

1560-2745

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2012, The Mushroom Research Foundation