Syspastospora parasitica
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Syspastospora parasitica is a mycoparasitic fungus. It attacks other fungi, particularly species of Beauveria
and Isaria (molds that belong to the family Clavicipitaceae
). It parasitizes the mycelium of its host by means of specialized contact cells, and produces dark brown, long-necked perithecia.
Beauveria
Beauveria is a genus of asexually-reproducing fungi allied with the ascomycete family Clavicipitaceae. Its several species are typically insect pathogens. The sexual states of Beauveria species, where known, are species of Cordyceps....
and Isaria (molds that belong to the family Clavicipitaceae
Clavicipitaceae
Clavicipitaceae is a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales. It consists of 43 genera, and 321 species.-Phylogeny:Molecular phylogenetic analysis of multigene DNA sequence data indicates that the taxon, Clavicipitaceae, is paraphyletic, and consists of three well-defined clades, at least one...
). It parasitizes the mycelium of its host by means of specialized contact cells, and produces dark brown, long-necked perithecia.