First Detection of Colletotrichum fructicola (Ascomycota) on Horsehair Worms (Nematomorpha)

Authors

Mattia De Vivo, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Wen-Hong Wang, National Taiwan Normal University
Ko-Hsuan Chen, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Jen-Pan Huang, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Date of this Version

9-23-2021

Document Type

Article

Citation

Biodiversity Data Journal (September 23, 2021) 9: e72798

https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72798

Also available at https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72798/instance/7360813/

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Abstract

Fungal members of Colletotrichum (Ascomycota) were found to be associated with Chordodes formosanus, one of the three currently known horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) species in Taiwan. The fungi were identified as Colletotrichum fructicola, which is mostly known as a plant pathogen, through the use of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer and partial large subunit (nrITS + nrLSU) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) DNA sequences. To our knowledge, this report represents both the first records for Colletotrichum associated with hairworms and for fungi on Nematomorpha. These findings expand the knowledge on the ecological relationships of both clades.