Fungal associations in the build-up and decline of Cryptococcus fagisuga populations

David Lonsdale

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Fungal associations in the build-up and decline of Cryptococcus fagisuga populations

Informally Refereed

Authors:

David Lonsdale

Year:

1983

Type:

Proceedings - Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings, I.U.F.R.O. Beech Bark Disease Working Party Conference; 1982 September 26-October 8; Hamden, CT. Sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-37. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 99-104.

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Abstract

The fungal flora of Cryptococcus fagisuga colonies on Fagus sylvatica bark included the entomogenous species Verticillium lecanii wherever infestation was or had been very heavy. This fungus seemed to accelerate insect mortality in vitro. Cladosporium cladosporioides was present at all stages of insect colony development and, with other fungi, caused blackening of the wax secretion.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, I.U.F.R.O. Beech Bark Disease Working Party Conference

Citation

Lonsdale, David. 1983. Fungal associations in the build-up and decline of Cryptococcus fagisuga populations. In: Proceedings, I.U.F.R.O. Beech Bark Disease Working Party Conference; 1982 September 26-October 8; Hamden, CT. Sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-37. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 99-104.