title: Dacryodiomyces, a new genus of Harpellales in Chironomidae larvae.
abstract: A new genus of gut fungus in the Harpellales (Trichomycetes) with the type species Dacryodiomyces oklahomensis, found in Chironomidae larvae, is described from northeastern Oklahoma, USA. The most distinguishing characters are the elongate-ovoid zygospores attached to their zygosporophore at one end (Type IV), together with trichospores bearing a collar and a single appendage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534, USA. licht@ku.edu
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Lichtwardt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D009825:Oklahoma; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000648:ultrastructure