Trichomaris

Trichomaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Microascales
Family:	Halosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Trichomaris; Hibbits, Hughes & Sparks
Type species
	Trichomaris invadens; Hibbits, G.C. Hughes & Sparks

Trichomaris is a genus of fungi in the family Halosphaeriaceae.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Trichomaris invadens.^[2] This fungus causes a disease of tanner crabs. It forms a layer of dark hyphae on the exoskeleton of affected hosts. Perithecia form atop this layer and produce ascospores with distinctive gelatinous appendages. The spores are presumably able to infect new hosts.

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
^ Hibbits J, Hughes, GC, Sparks, AK., Jolly; Hughes, Gilbert C.; Sparks, Albert K. (1981). "Trichomaris invadens gen. et sp. nov., an ascomycete parasite of the tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun Crustacea; Brachyura)". Can J Bot. 59 (11): 2121–2128. doi:10.1139/b81-276.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Trichomaris at Index Fungorum
Chitinolytic Fungal Disease (Black Mat Syndrome) of Crabs at Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.

[2] Hibbits J, Hughes, GC, Sparks, AK., Jolly; Hughes, Gilbert C.; Sparks, Albert K. (1981). "Trichomaris invadens gen. et sp. nov., an ascomycete parasite of the tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun Crustacea; Brachyura)". Can J Bot. 59 (11): 2121–2128. doi:10.1139/b81-276.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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