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Fungi associated with Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) galls on Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Tecticornia arbuscula (Chenopodiaceae)

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Galls induced by the gall-forming midges Asphondylia floriformis and A. sarcocorniae on Sarcocornia quinqueflora, and A. tecticorniae and A. peelei on Tecticornia arbuscula, were collected from two sites near Melbourne, Victoria. Microfungi belonging to a broad range of families were found to be associated with external surfaces of galls and articles of Sarcocornia quinqueflora. However, only Botryosphaeria dothidea was isolated from the fungal mycelium lining gall-midge larval chambers of all four Asphondylia species, on both host plants.

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Acknowledgments

A large part of this work was completed by C. Peele during a Willis Summer Studentship (2009/2010) based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, kindly supported by CYBEC Foundation funding. We wish to thank the MEL herbarium for access to collections and data; and J. Milne for her support and provision of extra galled-plant material when required. Also, thank you to A. Vaughan for production of Fig. 1.

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    Teresa Lebel & Colleen Peele

  2. Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Colleen Peele & Anneke Veenstra

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Lebel, T., Peele, C. & Veenstra, A. Fungi associated with Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) galls on Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Tecticornia arbuscula (Chenopodiaceae). Fungal Diversity 55, 143–154 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-012-0157-x

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