Abstract
SUMMARYA new species of the fungus order Eccrinales (Trichomycetes), Parataeniella armadillidii, is described and illustrated, attached to the chitinous lining of the hindgut of the pillbugs Armadillidium vulgare and A. nasatum (Isopoda) in Kansas. This is the first species of Parataeniella reported outside of Europe. A significant feature of the genus is the conversion of the entire unbranched and nonseptate thallus into a single sporangium producing numerous uninucleate spores. In this respect Parataeniella resembles the ectocommensal Trichomycete genus Amoebidium (Amoebidiales), but Parataeniella produces no amoeboid cells and has other reproductive features characteristic of the Eccrinales.
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