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A new species of mycelium-forming yeast,Endomycopsis platypodis Baker et van Rij is described. It occurs as an auxiliary ambrosia fungus of the wood-boring ambrosia beetlePlatypus cylindrus Fab. (Col. Platypodidae) and is the first fungus to become established in new tunnels where it forms a sparse irregular lining. Later a palisade-formingSporothrix becomes the dominant fungus in a mixed ambrosial flora.
E. platypodis, which is apparently homothallic, assimilates nitrate and weakly ferments glucose. The asci typically contain 4 hat-shaped ascospores. Assimilation reactions and morphology are described and the affinities of the new species are discussed.
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Baker, J.M., Kreger-van Rij, N.J.W. Endomycopsis platypodis sp.n. (Ascomycetes): an auxiliary ambrosia fungus ofPlatypus cylindrus Fab. (Col. Platypodidae). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 30, 433–441 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046757
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