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Host Range and Axenic Culture of the Mycoparasite Syncephalis Sphaerica (Mucorales)

K. L. BakerDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan48824
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E. S. BenekeDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan48824
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G. R. HooperDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan48824
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W. G. FieldsDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan48824
Pages 1008-1015 | Accepted 09 May 1977, Published online: 12 Sep 2018
 
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SUMMARY

Syncephalis sphaerica (PiptocephaUdaceae, Mucorales) is a biotrophic, haustorial mycoparasite. Fifty genera of fungi, representing four classes, were tested as potential hosts for the parasite. Twenty genera of Mucorales supported growth and sporulation of S. sphaerica. A single ascomycete (a yeast) and two members of the Deuteromycetes were also parasitized by S. sphaerica. None of the Basidiomycetes tested supported growth of the parasite.

Axenic culture of S. sphaerica was partially successful, with dense mycelial growth and some sporulation on certain media. The use of certain filtrates with host exudates as well as the use of killed mycelium to support growth was unsuccessful. The host range and axenic culture of S. sphaerica are compared to S. californica and species of Piptocephalis.

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