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On Ectomyces calotermi n.g., n.sp, an Ascomycete Parasitic on Calotermes samoanus Holmgren (Isoptera, Protermitidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. Tate
Affiliation:
(From The Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology, University of Cambridge.)

Extract

The infected termite was collected in Samoa by Dr P. A. Buxton and was identified by Mr G. F. Hill, Melbourne, who noticed “foreign bodies” attached to the forelegs. These bodies proved to be fructifications, in the form of small apothecia, of a fungus to which the name Ectomyces caloterni n.g., n.sp., has been given. The two infected legs comprised all the available material, and, as they were preserved in alcohol, cultivation of the fungus could not be attempted.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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