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Zoophagus cornus: a new species from Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1997

S. L. GLOCKLING
Affiliation:
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), PO Box 16, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-Nai, Ibaraki 305, Japan
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Abstract

A new species of Zoophagus, Z. cornus, capturing loricate rotifers on short peg-like traps, was isolated from paddy field mud in Ibaraki, Japan. The fungus produced long, narrow, cylindrical, aseptate conidia. Azygospores containing a large vacuole were produced directly from the hyphae.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
The British Mycological Society 1997

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