Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Mycologia

Publisher

Mycological Society of America

Publication Date

1996

Volume

88

Issue

5

Disciplines

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract

Several species of Dendroctonus (Coleop- tera: Scolytidae) have cuticular invaginations, or my- cangia, in the integument which are specialized for carrying specific symbiotic fungi. The mycangium of Dendroctonus adjunctus, located under a callus that surrounds the prothorax, has been recognized but the mycangial fungus has not yet been identified. Fungi from mycangia of Dendroctonus adjunctus were isolated and compared with Leptographium pyrinum and Ophiostoma adjuncti, two species of fungi known to be present in trees colonized by Dendroctonus ad- junctus. Fungi isolated from Dendroctonus adjunctus mycangia were determined to be morphologically and genetically identical to Leptographium pyrinum

Keywords

Ascomycetes, bark beetles, mycangia, mycangial fungi, Ophiostoma adjuncti

Comments

© 1996, Mycological Society of America.

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