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NOTES ON ENTOMOGENOUS FUNGI FROM GHANA: I. THE GENERA GIBELLULA AND PSEUDOGIBELLULA
Author(s) -
Samson R. A.,
Evans H. C.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1973.tb00873.x
Subject(s) - genus , biology , conidium , arthropod , range (aeronautics) , botany , zoology , ecology , engineering , aerospace engineering
SUMMARY All species of the genus Gibellula were regularly collected on arthropod hosts in Ghana. Gibellula alala Petch, G. leiopus (Vuill.) Mains and G. pulchra (Sacc.) Cavara are briefly mentioned together with notes on their distribution. These species are considered to be specialized parasites. The new genus Pseudogibetlula is proposed to accomodate Gibellula formicarum Mains, separated from the phialidic Gibellula by conidia produced singly and on sympodial conidiogenous cells. P. formicarum is common on a wide range of arthropod hosts and grows freely on agar media.