Trichomaris
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| Genus: | Trichomaris Hibbits, Hughes & Sparks
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| Trichomaris invadens Hibbits, G.C. Hughes & Sparks
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Trichomaris is a genus of fungi in the family Halosphaeriaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Trichomaris invadens.[2] This fungus causes a disease of tanner crabs. It forms a layer of dark hyphae on the exoskeleton of affected hosts. Perithecia form atop this layer and produce ascospores with distinctive gelatinous appendages. The spores are presumably able to infect new hosts.
References[edit]
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ Hibbits J, Hughes, GC, Sparks, AK., Jolly; Hughes, Gilbert C.; Sparks, Albert K. (1981). "Trichomaris invadens gen. et sp. nov., an ascomycete parasite of the tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun Crustacea; Brachyura)". Can J Bot. 59 (11): 2121–2128. doi:10.1139/b81-276.
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External links[edit]
- Trichomaris at Index Fungorum
- Chitinolytic Fungal Disease (Black Mat Syndrome) of Crabs at Fisheries and Oceans Canada