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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 159366" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>Potentially about 10,000 different species. A better question might be, "What kinds of fungi are known to infest terrestrial arthropods, living or dead?" That might narrow it down a bit.</p><p></p><p>Or you could send it to a competent mycologist who might culture it in an effort to get "fruiting bodies" (the various spore forming structures used by fungi for reproduction). Or do a DNA analysis of it.</p><p></p><p>How would you go about this? Google <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mycology+arthropod+parasite+site:.edu&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimg7rm1drkAhUMvZ4KHZU3BqwQBQgsKAA&biw=1920&bih=908" target="_blank"><strong>mycology arthropod parasite site:.edu</strong></a>. I got over 9,000 hits. Or contact a botanist at a local college or university for help in finding such a person.</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, I have the unsubstantiated opinion that what you have there may be a type of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascomycota" target="_blank"><strong>ascomycete</strong></a> (there are more than 64,000 known kinds!), but don't quote me on that. It's far more wishful thinking than a scientific pronouncement. And, guessing it to be an ascomycete is laughably non-specific, about equivalent to saying that the thing that just ate your cat was some sort of vertebrate.</p><p></p><p>You can find out more about fungi (a.k.a., "mold") <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 159366, member: 28438"] Potentially about 10,000 different species. A better question might be, "What kinds of fungi are known to infest terrestrial arthropods, living or dead?" That might narrow it down a bit. Or you could send it to a competent mycologist who might culture it in an effort to get "fruiting bodies" (the various spore forming structures used by fungi for reproduction). Or do a DNA analysis of it. How would you go about this? Google [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=mycology+arthropod+parasite+site:.edu&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimg7rm1drkAhUMvZ4KHZU3BqwQBQgsKAA&biw=1920&bih=908'][B]mycology arthropod parasite site:.edu[/B][/URL]. I got over 9,000 hits. Or contact a botanist at a local college or university for help in finding such a person. For what it's worth, I have the unsubstantiated opinion that what you have there may be a type of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascomycota'][B]ascomycete[/B][/URL] (there are more than 64,000 known kinds!), but don't quote me on that. It's far more wishful thinking than a scientific pronouncement. And, guessing it to be an ascomycete is laughably non-specific, about equivalent to saying that the thing that just ate your cat was some sort of vertebrate. You can find out more about fungi (a.k.a., "mold") [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus'][B]here[/B][/URL]. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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