Filobasidiella depauperata (Tremellales): Haustorial branches and parasitism of Verticillium lecanii

@article{Ginns2003FilobasidiellaD,
  title={Filobasidiella depauperata (Tremellales): Haustorial branches and parasitism of Verticillium lecanii},
  author={James H. Ginns and David W. Malloch},
  journal={Mycological Progress},
  year={2003},
  volume={2},
  pages={137-140}
}
Haustorial branches are described and illustrated in Filobasidiella depauperata (Basidiomycota: Tremellales). Their close association with hyphae of Verticillium lecanii indicates that F. depauperata is mycoparasitic and not, as previously thought, entomopathogenic. A key to the taxa of the genus is included. 
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