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Laboulbeniopsis termitarius, an ectoparasite of termites newly recognized as a member of the Laboulbeniomycetes

     Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708

Alex Weir

     Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 350 Illick Hall, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, New York 13210

Meredith Blackwell

     Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Minute fungi associated with termites have caused taxonomic problems in the past due to their autapomorphic and highly reduced morphologies. DNA sequence data from one such enigmatic fungus, Laboulbeniopsis termitarius, supports its phylogenetic position as member of a laboulbeniomycete clade within the Ascomycota. This clade is composed entirely of fungi associated with arthropods, often as parasites, and the inclusion of L. termitarius supports the single origin of thallus development by means of enlargement and division of the spore.

Key words: ascomycetes, Laboulbeniales, phylogeny, Reticulitermes flavipes, taxonomy

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