Syspastospora parasitica

Syspastospora parasitica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Hypocreaceae
Genus:	Syspastospora
Species:	S. parasitica
Binomial name
	Syspastospora parasitica; (Tul.) P.F.Cannon & D. Hawksw. (1982)
Synonyms
	Sphaeronaema parasitica Tul. (1857); Melanospora parasitica (Tul.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1865);

Syspastospora parasitica is a mycoparasitic fungus. It attacks other fungi, particularly species of Beauveria and Isaria (molds that belong to the family Clavicipitaceae). It parasitizes the mycelium of its host by means of specialized contact cells, and produces dark brown, long-necked perithecia.

References[edit]

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Müller-Kögler, E. (1961). "Melanospora parasitica Tul. als Parasit der insektenpathogenen Beauveria tenella (Delacr.) Siem". Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 68: 600–605. JSTOR 43232268.
Petch, T. (1931). "Notes on entomogenous fungi". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 16 (1): 55–75. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(31)80006-3.
Posada, F.; F. E. Vega; S. A. Rehner; M. Blackwell; D. Weber; S.-O. Suh & R. A. Humber (2004). "Syspastospora parasitica, a mycoparasite of the fungus Beauveria bassiana attacking the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata: A tritrophic association". Journal of Insect Science. 4: 24. doi:10.1673/031.004.2401. PMC 528884. PMID 15861239.

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