Extended studies on the diversity of arthropod-pathogenic fungi in Austria and Poland
Cezary Tkaczuk,Tomasz Krzyczkowski,Rudolf Wegensteiner +2 more
- Vol. 46, Iss: 2, pp 211-222
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Results of studies on diversity of arthropod-pathogenic fungi in selected habitats in Austria and Poland carried out in the years 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 are discussed.Abstract:
Results of studies on diversity of arthropod-pathogenic fungi in selected habitats in Austria and Poland carried out in the years 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 are discussed. In total 47 species of entomopathogenic fungi were found as pathogens of different arthropods in Austria. Twenty six entomophthoralean species from different insects and one species from mites were identified and 16 of them are recorded as new to Austria. From among 21 species of anamorphic Hypocreales (Ascomycota) affecting arthropods in Austria, 13 species so far have not been known from this country. In total 51 species of fungi affecting different arthropods in Poland were recorded, among them 28 species of Entomophthorales and 23 anamorphic Hypocreales (Ascomycota) were separated. The most frequent species of the entomopathogenic fungi both in agricultural and afforested areas in Austria were the common and usually worldwide distributed cordycipitaceous anamorphs Beauveria bassiana, Isaria fumosorosea and in areas of this study less numerous I. farinosa . The most frequent pathogens occurring in mite communities on plants and in wood infested by insects were Hirsutella species. Several entomophthoralean species developed epizootics that caused high reduction in host populations of different arthropods in both countries. Especially interesting is the first record of mycoses (up to 60% mortality), caused by Zoophthora spp. on Phyllobius beetles in a mixed forest near Bialowieza. During our joint research, we found the first time in Poland and Europe, the presence of the fungus Furia cf. shandongensis on earwigs and Hirsutella entomophila on Ips typographus adults in forest habitats. From the feeding sites of the latter bark beetle and other subcortical species in oak bark (mostly Dryocoetes villosus ) and D. alni in black alder over a dozen of various Lecanicillium strains - including few of the features not allowing to classify them to any of so far known species – were isolated both from the scolytids and from accompanying them mites, but these materials have now been successively elaborated. From the commonly occurring in these materials acaropathogenic species Hirsutella cf. brownorum, H. minnesotensis, H. nodulosa and H. rostrata , the two latter infected also adult bark beetles, whereas from the larvae and pupae some supposed nematophagous anamorphs were isolated, among them Harposporium janus and Haptocillium sp.read more
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Notes for genera: basal clades of Fungi (including Aphelidiomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota)
Nalin N. Wijayawardene,Nalin N. Wijayawardene,Julia Pawłowska,Peter M. Letcher,Paul M. Kirk,Richard A. Humber,Arthur Schüßler,Marta Wrzosek,Anna Muszewska,Alicja Okrasińska,Łukasz Istel,Aleksandra Gęsiorska,Paul G. Mungai,A. A. Lateef,Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar,Rajshree V. Singh,Renate Radek,Grit Walther,Lysett Wagner,Christopher Walker,Christopher Walker,D. Siril Abeywickrama Wijesundara,Moslem Papizadeh,Somayeh Dolatabadi,Belle Damodara Shenoy,Yuri Tokarev,Saisamorn Lumyong,Kevin D. Hyde,Kevin D. Hyde +28 more
TL;DR: 611 genera in 153 families, 43 orders and 18 classes are provided with details of classification, synonyms, life modes, distribution, recent literature and genomic data.
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The Role of Mites in Insect-Fungus Associations
Richard W. Hofstetter,J.C. Moser +1 more
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Review of insect pathogen risks for the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) and guidelines for reliable production
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Preliminary studies of fungi in the Biebrza National Park (NE Poland). I. Micromycetes.
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TL;DR: The first short-term inventory of fungi species occurring in the Biebrza National Park, one of the biggest and best preserved protected areas of Poland, is presented and four species are newly reported for Poland.
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