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Raffaelea Fusca
''Raffaelea fusca'' is a mycangial fungus, first isolated from female adults of the redbay ambrosia beetle, ''Xyleborus glabratus ''Xyleborus glabratus'', the redbay ambrosia beetle, is a type of ambrosia beetle invasive in the United States. It has been documented as the primary vector of ''Raffaelea lauricola'', the fungus that causes laurel wilt, a disease that can kil ...''. References Further reading *Dreaden, Tyler J., et al. "Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus ''Raffaelea''."Fungal biology 118.12 (2014): 970-978. *Harrington, Thomas C., et al. "Isolations from the redbay ambrosia beetle, ''Xyleborus glabratus'', confirm that the laurel wilt pathogen, ''Raffaelea lauricola'', originated in Asia." Mycologia 103.5 (2011): 1028–1036. *Inácio, M. Lurdes, et al. "Ophiostomatoid fungi, a new threat to cork oak stands."Present and Future of Cork Oak in Portugal (eds. Oliveira, M., Matos, J., Saibo, N., Miguel, C., Gil, L.)(2012): 87-92. *Harrington, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycangium
The term mycangium (pl., mycangia) is used in biology for special structures on the body of an animal that are adapted for the transport of symbiotic fungi (usually in spore form). This is seen in many xylophagous insects (e.g. horntails and bark beetles), which apparently derive much of their nutrition from the digestion of various fungi that are growing amidst the wood fibers. In some cases, as in ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae), the fungi are the sole food, and the excavations in the wood are simply to make a suitable microenvironment for the fungus to grow. In other cases (e.g., the southern pine beetle, ''Dendroctonus frontalis''), wood tissue is the main food, and fungi weaken the defense response from the host plant. Some species of phoretic mites that ride on the beetles, have their own type of mycangium, but for historical reasons, mite taxonomists use the term acarinarium. Apart from riding on the beetles, the mites live together w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
