Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534, USA.
Mycologia. 2011 Jul-Aug;103(4):915-7. doi: 10.3852/10-414. Epub 2011 Feb 9.
Klastostachys reflexa, a new genus and species combination in the Harpellales, is established herein based on Stachylina reflexa, which was described in 1988. This gut fungus was found attached to the peritrophic matrix of small bloodworms, Cryptochironomus sp. (Chironomidae), in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA. Klastostachys resembles Stachylina, a genus common in Chironomidae, but the unbranched thalli of Klastostachys disarticulate and disperse with the trichospores remaining attached to their generative cells. This manner of dissemination is unusual among Harpellales, being noted also for Carouxella spp., but members of that genus have zygospores attached at one pole to the zygosporophore (Type IV), whereas Klastostachys zygospores are medially attached to the zygosporophore at right angles (Type I).
Klastostachys reflexa，一个 Harpellales 中新的属和种的组合，是基于 1988 年描述的 Stachylina reflexa 建立的。这种肠道真菌被发现在美国科罗拉多落矶山脉的小血虫 Cryptochironomus sp.（摇蚊科）的围食膜上。Klastostachys 类似于常见于摇蚊科的 Stachylina 属，但 Klastostachys 的不分枝的营养体断开并分散，其游动孢子仍附着在其生殖细胞上。这种传播方式在 Harpellales 中并不常见，也存在于 Carouxella spp. 中，但该属的成员在一个极上有接合孢子附着在接合孢子梗上（类型 IV），而 Klastostachys 的接合孢子则以直角（类型 I）附着在中间的接合孢子梗上。
