The formation and discharge of conidia from twenty isolates of five species of entomophthorous fungi (Conidiobolus thromboides, Entomophthora destruens, Entomophthora pyriformis, Erynia neoaphidis and Zoophthora radicans) were studied with regard to their cultivation period in vitro. With the exception of E. pyriformis, isolates with both markedly high and very low numbers of discharged conidia occurred in all species. The capacity of conidium production and discharge was not very significantly dependent upon the in vitro cultivation period of the isolate. The course of conidium formation was characteristic for individual species and often markedly differed from the others.
Krejzová R. (1988): The formation and discharge of conidia in cultures of entomophthorus fungi. – Česká Mykologie 42(1): 31–40.
