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Review published!

My colleague, André De Kesel from the Botanic Garden Meise in Belgium, and myself wrote a review article about Hesperomyces virescens, the microscopic fungus that is an ectoparasite of ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). The paper turned out to be a thorough review with an overview of all reports of all Laboulbeniales associated with ladybirds. The paper is written in Dutch, but captions of figures and tables as well as the abstract are available in English. The PDF is available here.

Below is one of the beautiful photos used in the paper, taken by André.

Harmonia axyridis (Asian multicolored or harlequin ladybird), two specimens infected with Hesperomyces virescens. During overwintering many contacts take place between infected and uninfected specimens, leading to efficient transmission of the fungus through its sticky ascospores.
Harmonia axyridis (Asian multicolored or harlequin ladybird), two specimens infected with Hesperomyces virescens. During overwintering many contacts take place between infected and uninfected specimens, leading to efficient transmission of the fungus through its sticky ascospores.

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Posted on July 11, 2017 by Danny Haelewaters. This entry was posted in Biodiversiteit, Fungi, Laboulbeniales, Mycology, Parasites and tagged Coccinellidae, Harmonia axyridis, Hesperomyces virescens, Laboulbeniales, ladybirds. Bookmark the permalink.
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