title: Zygospores of selected Trichomycetes in larval Diptera of the families Chironomidae and Simuliidae.
abstract: The midgut-inhabiting fungi (Harpellaceae) Harpella melusinae and Stachylina pedifer were induced to form zygospores, using an application of a pH 10 potassium hydroxide solution with culture media. The previously unknown zygospores of S. pedifer are borne perpendicular to the zygosporophore, as in Harpella melusinae. The zygospores of the hindgut-inhabiting species Smittium coloradense, borne obliquely to the zygosporophore (in vivo), are described for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Box 340365, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634-0365.
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Beard
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Adler