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A new Species of Stylopage capturing Amoebae in Dung

1953/01/01 by C. L. Duddington · 3 citations
Engineering · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research #Protist diversity and phylogeny #Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

paper · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a083336

openalex publication_date 1953/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

A species of Stylopage with branched conidiophores and broad ellipsoidal spores is described for the first time. This fungus captures amoebae by means of its sticky hyphae, absorbing the contents of the animals with slender filamentous haustoria.

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