Record Summary | on tiny Empid on Dog’s Mercury leaf |
Found as | Infection |
Date | 27 August 2007 |
Associated organism | Empididae |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SD86 |
Lat/Lon | 54° 10’ N, 2° 10’ W |
Vice County | Mid-west Yorks, VC no: 64 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 27 Aug 2007[N] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Brownish sheet of hyphae over the insect.
Sporangia: ellipsoid, with capillary germ tube to 2ary sporangia.
1ary sporangia: 15-21.5/5.5-8µm, ellipsoid, with weak collar.
2ary sporangia: 16/4.5µm, fusiform, curved.
Hyphal bodies: spherical.
Rhizoids: monohyphal, branched at the ends.
Host is a small Empid (antennae and eye nicks)
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