Fungi Associated with Arthropods

Robert (†) Lichtwardt

doi:10.48580/dfrdl-38n

Fungi Associated with Arthropods

Citation

Lichtwardt, R. (. (2024). Fungi Associated with Arthropods (version Oct 2017). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-11-18). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dfrdl-38n

Description

The trichomycetes (Fungi, class Trichomycetes plus ecologically related protozoans) are a cosmopolitan group of organisms that grow obligately in the guts of insects, crustaceans and millipedes that live in freshwater, marine or terrestrial habitats. Many trichomycetes appear to be commensalistic, but under particular circumstances they may provide their hosts with some essential organic nutrients. Some are known to produce cysts in the ovaries of adult females hosts which, in addition to sterilizing the host, serve as a mechanism of dispersal.

Taxonomic Coverages

Fungi associated with Arthropods

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Robert (†) Lichtwardt
originator

Paul Kirk
administrative point of contact
email: P.Kirk@kew.org
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