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Ascosphaera callicarpa, a New Species of Bee-Loving Fungus, with a Key to the Genus for Europe.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE; Sep2013, Vol. 8 Issue 9, p1-9, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We studied the bee specialist fungus Ascosphaera in wild solitary bees to investigate the diversity of the genus in nature and the ecology of these fungi with their bee hosts. A new morphologically distinctive species was discovered which also has a unique nrITS sequence. This new species, here named Ascosphaera callicarpa, is common on the larval feces of the solitary bee Chelostoma florisomne which nests in the Phragmites reeds of thatched roofs in Europe. Because collections of Ascosphaera from wild bees are scarce and because little is known about the ecology and distribution of the majority of the species in the genus, a key to the species thus far reported for Europe is included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ASCOMYCETES
FUNGAL genetics
FUNGAL ecology
BIODIVERSITY
FUNGAL morphology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90530997
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073419