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NOTES ON ENTOMOGENOUS FUNGI FROM GHANA: II. THE GENUS AKANTHOMYCES
Author(s) -
Samson R. A.,
Evans H. C.
Publication year - 1974
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.1438-8677.1974.tb00913.x
Subject(s) - biology , habit , genus , insect , zoology , botany , ecology , psychology , psychotherapist
SUMMARY Four species of Akanthomyces , collected on various arthropod hosts in Ghana, are described and illustrated. Akanthomyces gracilis Samson & Evans spec. nov. appeared to occur on a wide variety of insect hosts and is particularly common on ants. Akanthomyces pistillariaeformis (Pat.) Samson & Evans comb. nov. (= Isaria pistillariaeformis Pat.) is often found on moths together with Cordyceps tuberculata . The variability in synnematous habit and the associated Cordyceps tuberculata is discussed. Akanthomyces arachnophilus (Petch) Samson & Evans comb. nov. (= Trichosterigma arachnophilum Petch) was collected twice on spiders together with Torrubiella flava Petch. A. aranearum (Petch) Mains is rather common on spiders.