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3950
Comments Entomophthora, "destroyer of insects", is the agent of a fungual infection that kills flies. After their death the fungal growth erupts through the fly cuticle, and dispersal by forcible spore discharge is a source of inoculum for infection of new flies.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 1996 George Barron
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Attached to Group Entomophthorales : view page image collection
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ID 3950
5251 Two-spored tuning fork basidia of the jelly fungus Dacrymyces
Scientific Name Dacrymyces
Comments Two-spored "tuning fork" basidia of the jelly fungus Dacrymyces
Acknowledgements From George Barron's Website on Fungi used with permission.
Body Part basidia
Copyright © George Barron
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ALT Text Two-spored tuning fork basidia of the jelly fungus Dacrymyces
ID 5251
6748 The parasite Amoebophilus simplex and its amoeba host
Scientific Name Amoebophilus simplex
Comments The parasite Amoebophilus simplex (Zoopagales) and its amoeba host. Nutrient transfer is facilitated through a specialized hypha called a haustorium. Chains of spores are produced that are engulfed by scavenging amoebae to begin the infection process.
Copyright © 2004 George Barron
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ALT Text The parasite Amoebophilus simplex and its amoeba host
ID 6748
6750 Root maggot fly killed by the insect-destroyer Entomophthora
Scientific Name Entomophthora, Delia
Comments Root maggot fly (Delia) killed by the 'insect-destroyer' Entomophthora (Entomophthorales). The fungus has burst through the segments and the abdominal wall.
Acknowledgements Photo courtesy George Barron's Website on Fungi
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Copyright © George Barron
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Attached to Group Entomophthorales : view page image collection
Title Entomophthora2.jpg
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ALT Text Root maggot fly killed by the insect-destroyer Entomophthora
ID 6750
6762 Dichotomously branching sporangiophore of Thamnidium elegans
Scientific Name Thamnidium elegans
Comments Dichotomously branching sporangiophore of Thamnidium elegans (Mucorales). The few-spored sporangiola are borne at the tips of the sporangiophore branches
Copyright © 2004 George Barron
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ALT Text Dichotomously branching sporangiophore of Thamnidium elegans
ID 6762
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