Figures # 3-4-5

In addition to the gut yeasts that are being studies intensively, other interesting fungi are associated with insects, often as ectoparasites. These include Laboulbeniopsis termitarius, Fig 3, Muiogone medusae, Fig. 4, and Endosporella diapsis, Fig. 5. [From Weir, A., and M. Blackwell. 2005. Phylogeny of arthropod ectoparasitic ascomycetes. p. 119-145. In: Insect-Fungal Associations:  Ecology and Evolution. Eds. F. E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell. Oxford University Press, UK].