Title |
Ascosphaera callicarpa, a New Species of Bee-Loving Fungus, with a Key to the Genus for Europe
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0073419 |
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Authors |
Anja A. Wynns, Annette B. Jensen, Jørgen Eilenberg |
Abstract |
We studied the bee specialist fungus Ascosphaera in wild solitary bees to investigate the diversity of the genus in nature and the ecology of these fungi with their bee hosts. A new morphologically distinctive species was discovered which also has a unique nrITS sequence. This new species, here named Ascosphaera callicarpa, is common on the larval feces of the solitary bee Chelostoma florisomne which nests in the Phragmites reeds of thatched roofs in Europe. Because collections of Ascosphaera from wild bees are scarce and because little is known about the ecology and distribution of the majority of the species in the genus, a key to the species thus far reported for Europe is included. |
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United Kingdom | 4 | 29% |
Canada | 2 | 14% |
United States | 1 | 7% |
Guinea | 1 | 7% |
France | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 5 | 36% |
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Members of the public | 8 | 57% |
Scientists | 5 | 36% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
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Mexico | 1 | 1% |
Israel | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 65 | 97% |
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Researcher | 13 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 16% |
Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
Other | 15 | 22% |
Unknown | 9 | 13% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 57% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 9% |
Environmental Science | 4 | 6% |
Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 1% |
Other | 5 | 7% |
Unknown | 12 | 18% |