- Laboulbeniales
Taxobox | name = Laboulbeniales
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Laboulbeniales
regnum =Fungi
divisio =Ascomycota
classis =Laboulbeniomycetes
ordo = Laboulbeniales
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =Herpomycetaceae Laboulbeniaceae Ceratomycetaceae Euceratomycetaceae Laboulbeniales is an order of
fungi within the classLecanoromycetes .These include the
obligate insect parasites, withcellular thalli , predisposing this fungi to certain death without an insect host.Laboulbeniales does not have any
hyphae , instead parasitising its host through a blackfoot cell, which penetrates the insect tissue, allowing the fungus to access nutrients within its body.Trivia
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Entomologists once thought that these fungi were actually morphological characteristics of the insect hosts they parasitized, until amycologist by the name ofMayr , looked under the microscope and declared it afungus .Fact|date=September 2008
*These fungi can be some of the most host-specific parasites, even going so far as to have a preference for sides on a fly (left side, due to mating behavior)!Fact|date=September 2008External links
* [http://www.diptera.info/readarticle.php?article_id=15 Article on Laboulbeniales]
References
*C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, "Introductory Mycology, 4th ed." (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
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