Fly mold (Entomophthora muscae)

Japanese: ハエカビ(蠅黴) - ハエカビ(英語表記)Entomophthora muscae
Fly mold (Entomophthora muscae)
Phycomycetes, order Entomophytic Phycomycetes, family Entomophyceae. It parasitizes houseflies and other flies. When this fungus grows inside the host body, the fly loses its activity and dies while resting on the underside of the leaves of aquatic plants. At this time, the hyphae emerge from the spiracles of the insect's body, producing a mycelial layer on its surface, on which conidiophores grow densely and bear multinucleate conidia. The elasticity of the conidiophores allows the conidia to be ejected forward, and when they hit the fly's body, they extend their appressorium and release a sticky substance to adhere to the chitin layer, then mechanically penetrate it. All fungi in this family parasitize insects, and about 100 species are known.

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Japanese:
藻菌類虫生藻菌目ハエカビ科。イエバエその他のハエ類に寄生する。宿主体内でこの菌が生育するとハエは活動力を失い,水辺の植物の葉の裏などに止ったまま死ぬ。このとき菌糸は虫体の気門などから外に出て,その表面に菌糸層を生じ,これに分生子柄が密生して多核の分生子をつける。この分生子柄の弾性によって分生子は前方に射出され,ハエの体に当ると分生子は付着器を伸ばしたり,粘着性の物質を出してキチン層に固着し,さらに機械的にそれを貫入する。この科の菌はいずれも昆虫類に寄生し,約 100種が知られる。

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