Hesperomyces virescens Thaxt.
(a laboulbeniomycete)

Interactions where Hesperomyces virescens is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/Ireland Adalia bipunctata Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird Coleoptera: Coccinellidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Hesperomyces virescens/Hesperomyces virescensa laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Adalia bipunctata/Adalia bipunctatatwo-spot ladybird, 2-spot ladybirdliveadult
ascoma ascoma ectoparasitises live adult UK/IrelandCaptivity Cycloneda sanguinea a ladybird Coleoptera: Coccinellidae A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Hesperomyces virescens/Hesperomyces virescensa laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Cycloneda sanguinea/Cycloneda sanguineaa ladybirdliveadult Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Weir, A., 1996A preliminary host-parasite checklist of British LaboulbenialesEntomologist Vol 115: 50-58.

Hesperomyces virescens (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hesperomyces virescens (a laboulbeniomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHesperomyces virescens (a laboulbeniomycete)
FamilyLABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
OrderLABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubclassLABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
ClassLABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hesperomyces virescens (a laboulbeniomycete)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Christian, E. 2001 The coccinellid parasite Hesperomyces virescens and further species of the order Laboulbeniales (Ascomycotina) new to Austria Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien Vol 103B: 599-603.
Haelewaters, D. et al 2012 New records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) for The Netherlands Entomologische Berichten 72(3): 175-183.
Haelewaters, D., Comont, R.F., Zhao, S.Y. & Pfister, D.H. 2014 Hesperomyces virescens (Fungi, Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) attacking Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in its native range Cin. Sci. Bull. Vol 59 (5-6): 528-532.
Haelewaters, D., van Wielink, P., van Zuijlen, J.W., Verbeken, A. & De Kesel, A. 2012 New records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) for The Netherlands Entomologische Berichten Vol 72 (3): 175-183.

Hesperomyces virescens (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W. 1996 Correlative light- and scanning electron microscope studies on the developmental morphology of Hesperomyces virescens Mycologia Vol 88 (5): 677-693.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hesperomyces virescens (a laboulbeniomycete):

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