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<taxonomicName LSID="9B6A9DAA-741F-5609-B789-ADAE8F27A665" authority="Tasanathai, Khonsanit, Kuephadungphan &amp; Luangsa-ard" authorityName="Tasanathai, Khonsanit, Kuephadungphan &amp; Luangsa-ard" authorityYear="2020" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Cordycipitaceae" genus="Gibellula" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="Gibellula scorpioides" order="Hypocreales" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="scorpioides" status="sp. nov.">Gibellula scorpioides Tasanathai, Khonsanit, Kuephadungphan &amp; Luangsa-ard</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figure 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Typification.</paragraph>
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Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khao Yai National Park, Mo Sing To Nature Trail, 14°711'N, 101°421'E; on
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Portia</emphasis>
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sp. attached to the underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 1 June 2011; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Mongkolsamrit, A. Khonsanit, K. Sansatchanon, W. Noisripoom (Holotype no. BBH 31439, ex-type culture no. BCC 47975, isolated from ascospores and BCC 47976, isolated from conidia) GenBank (BCC 47976): ITS = MT477078, LSU = MT477066,
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= MT503335,
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= MT503325,
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= MT503339.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Refers to the outer appearance of the fungus resembling the posture of a scorpion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Description.</paragraph>
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White to grayish- or brownish-white mycelial mat velvety, completely covering the spider host, firmly attaching the underside of living leaf by the mycelia covering its legs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5a, b</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Synnema</emphasis>
solitary, arising from the posterior of the host abdomen, cylindrical, consisting of a compact bundle of parallel hyphae, 15-20 mm long with blunt tip.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Conidiophores</emphasis>
arising laterally from synnema, stout, smooth, mostly biverticillate, 20-29(-30)
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4
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(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5d</figureCitation>
).
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absent or hardly developed, bearing multiple metulae.
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obovoid, slightly broadening toward the base, (7-)9.5-12.5(-15)
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(2-)3-5(-7)
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(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5e</figureCitation>
). A number of phialides borne on each metula, broadly cylindrical, abruptly tapering toward the apex, forming thickened distinct short neck, (9-)10-12.5(-14)
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(2-)2.5-3.5(-4)
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, each bearing a conidium (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5e</figureCitation>
).
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fusiform, 5-7(-9)
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(1.5-)2-3
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(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5f</figureCitation>
). Sexual morph occasionally present.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Perithecia</emphasis>
occurring on the mycelial mat covering the host legs, occasionally on synnema particularly at base, superficial, mostly arranged in groups, ovoid, reddish yellow or light honey-brown, one-third immersed in the loose network of mycelia, 750-836(-870)
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310-361(-380)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5c</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Asci</emphasis>
over 550
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in length, (3-)4-5.5(-7)
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in width, ascus tip (4-)4.5-5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3-3.5(-4)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5g, h</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Ascospores</emphasis>
often breaking into part-spores.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Part-spores</emphasis>
bacilliform, (9-)10-15(-22)
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5-2
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(Fig.
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).
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-like asexual morph absent.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Gibellula scorpioides</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">a</emphasis>
fungus on a spider (BBH 29669)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">b</emphasis>
fungus on a spider (BBH 31439)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">c</emphasis>
perithecia (BBH 31439)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">d</emphasis>
conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">e</emphasis>
penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">f</emphasis>
conidia (BBH 29669)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">g</emphasis>
asci (BBH 31439)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">h</emphasis>
ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">i</emphasis>
ascospores (BBH 31439)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">j</emphasis>
penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">k</emphasis>
conidia on PDA
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">l</emphasis>
colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 °C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500
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(
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); 50
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(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">d, g</emphasis>
); 20
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(
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); 10
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Culture characteristics.</paragraph>
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Colonies derived from conidia, on PDA slow-growing, attaining a diam of 1.5
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0.1 cm in 4 weeks at 25 °C, floccose, forming irregular margin, white, reverse cream, darkening toward center with age (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Gibellula scorpioides a fungus on a spider (BBH 29669) b fungus on a spider (BBH 31439) c perithecia (BBH 31439) d conidiophores arising on synnema (BBH 29669) e penicillate conidiophore (BBH 29669) f conidia (BBH 29669) g asci (BBH 31439) h ascus with apical apparatus (BBH 31439) i ascospores (BBH 31439) j penicillate conidiophore produced on PDA k conidia on PDA l colonies obverse and reverse on PDA at 25 ° C after 4 months. Scale bars: 500 μm (c); 50 μm (d, g); 20 μm (e, h-j); 10 μm (f, k)." figureDoi="10.3897/mycokeys.72.55088.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/448319" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5l</figureCitation>
). Sporulation occurring after 3-4 months with the absence of synnema, forming a group of conidiophores, grey and scatter.
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biverticillate.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Vesicles</emphasis>
absent or hardly developed.
<taxonomicName genus="Metulae" lsidName="Metulae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Metulae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
obovoid, (10-)11-14.5(-16)
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3-5.5(-7)
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, each bearing cylindrical
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">phialides</emphasis>
, (10-)11.5-14(-16)
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3-4
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.
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fusiform, 5-6(-7)
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3-3.5(-4)
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Additional specimens examined.</emphasis>
Thailand, Chumphon, Phato District, Phato Watershed Conservation and Management Unit; 9°784'N, 98°699'E; on
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Portia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 10 March 2011; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, A. Khonsanit, K. Sansatchanon, D. Thanakitpipattana (BBH 30499, BCC 47530). Nakhon Ratchasima, Khao Yai National Park, Mo Sing To Nature Trail; 14°711'N, 101°421'E; on
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Portia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., underside of unidentified dicot leaf; 1 June 2011; K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Mongkolsamrit, A. Khonsanit, K. Sansatchanon, W. Noisripoom (BBH 29669, BCC 43298).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
The morphology of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G. scorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appeared to be very close to
<taxonomicName authority="var. clavulifera" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Cordycipitaceae" genus="Gibellula" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="G clavulifera subsp. var. var. clavulifera" order="Hypocreales" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="variety" species="clavulifera" subSpecies="var." variety="clavulifera">G clavulifera var. clavulifera</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Samson, RA" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: Series C" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" pagination="128 - 134" refId="B74" refString="Samson, RA, Evans, HC, 1977. Notes on entomogenous fungi from Ghana IV. The genera Paecilomyces and Nomuraea. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: Series C 80: 128 - 134" title="Notes on entomogenous fungi from Ghana IV. The genera Paecilomyces and Nomuraea." volume="80" year="1977">Samson and Evans 1977</bibRefCitation>
),
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(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1997.12026787" author="Tzean, SS" journalOrPublisher="Mycologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" pagination="309 - 318" refId="B90" refString="Tzean, SS, Hsieh, LS, Wu, WJ, 1997. The genus Gibellula on spiders from Taiwan. Mycologia 89: 309 - 318, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1997.12026787" title="The genus Gibellula on spiders from Taiwan." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1997.12026787" volume="89" year="1997">Tzean et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Humber &amp; Rombach" authorityYear="1987" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Cordycipitaceae" genus="Gibellula" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Fungi" lsidName="G clavulifera subsp. var. var. alba" order="Hypocreales" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="variety" species="clavulifera" subSpecies="var." variety="alba">G clavulifera var. alba</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1987.12025393" author="Humber, RA" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" refId="B29" refString="Humber, RA, Rombach, MC, 1987. Torrubiellaratticaudata sp. nov. (Pyrenomycetes: Clavicipitales) and other fungi from spiders on the Solomon Islands. Mycologia 79: 375-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1987.12025393" title="Torrubiellaratticaudata sp. nov. (Pyrenomycetes: Clavicipitales) and other fungi from spiders on the Solomon Islands. Mycologia 79: 375 - 382." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1987.12025393" year="1987">Humber and Rombach 1987</bibRefCitation>
). The penicillate conidiophores were largely absent from the whip-like stroma in
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but distinctly present on a synnema of
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. scorpioides" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="scorpioides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G. scorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Based on a comparison of microscopic characteristics among
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. scorpioides" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="scorpioides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G. scorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, varieties
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">clavulifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="alba" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the latter three were found to produce much longer conidiophores (up to 100
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
) than
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. scorpioides" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="scorpioides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G. scorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(20-29(-30)
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
4
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
) while the other characters such as metulae, phialides as well as conidia were considered to be not significantly different in both shape and size. Considering the presence of the torrubiella-like sexual morph, perithecia of
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were produced sparingly and separately on the host abdomen while those of
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. scorpioides" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="scorpioides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G. scorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
distinctly appeared in groups, only on the
<normalizedToken originalValue="spiders">spider's</normalizedToken>
legs and basally on synnema. Nevertheless, an examination of additional specimens has led us to conclude that the sexual morph is not always present in
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. scorpioides" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="scorpioides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G. scorpioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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