Host specificity and diversity of Amylostereum associated with Japanese siricids

KNE Fitza, M Tabata, N Kanzaki, K Kimura, J Garnas… - Fungal ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
The mutualism between siricid woodwasps and Amylostereum fungal symbionts has long
been considered to be species-specific. Recent studies from North America have …

Putative source of the invasive Sirex noctilio fungal symbiont, Amylostereum areolatum, in the eastern United States and its association with native siricid woodwasps

C Nielsen, DW Williams, AE Hajek - mycological research, 2009 - Elsevier
Two genotypes of the fungal symbiont Amylostereum areolatum are associated with the
invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio first found in North America in 2004. S. noctilio is native to …

Fidelity Among Sirex Woodwasps and Their Fungal Symbionts

AE Hajek, C Nielsen, RM Kepler, SJ Long, L Castrillo - Microbial Ecology, 2013 - Springer
We report that associations between mutualistic fungi and their economically and
ecologically important woodwasp hosts are not always specific as was previously assumed …

Multilocus Genotyping and Intergenic Spacer Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereacea) Symbionts of Native and Non-Native …

M Wang, N Fu, C Gao, L Wang, L Ren, Y Luo - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sirex noctilio along with its mutualistic fungal symbiont, Amylostereum areolatum (a white rot
fungus), is an invasive pest that causes excessive damage to Pinus plantations in Northeast …

Putative origin of clonal lineages of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont associated with Sirex noctilio, retrieved from Pinus sylvestris, in eastern Canada

MJ Bergeron, I Leal, B Foord, G Ross, C Davis… - Fungal Biology, 2011 - Elsevier
The Eurasian Sirex noctilio–Amylostereum areolatum complex was discovered and has
become established close to the North American Great Lakes in the 2000s. This invasive …

Siricid woodwasps and their fungal symbionts in Asia, specifically those occurring in Japan

M Tabata, H Miyata, K Maeto - The Sirex woodwasp and its fungal …, 2011 - Springer
In Japan seven species of Siricinae have been recorded in four genera, namely Sirex,
Urocerus, Xeris and Xoanon. The fungal symbionts of woodwasps in the genera of Sirex …

Lack of fidelity revealed in an insect–fungal mutualism after invasion

AL Wooding, MJ Wingfield, BP Hurley… - Biology …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Symbiont fidelity is an important mechanism in the evolution and stability of mutualisms.
Strict fidelity has been assumed for the obligate mutualism between Sirex woodwasps and …

Detection and Identification of Amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereaceae) in the Mycangia of Sirex nigricornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in Central …

R Olatinwo, J Allison, J Meeker… - Environmental …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The woodwasp Sirex noctilio F.(Hymenoptera: Siricidae) has become established in North
America. A primary tactic for the management of S. noctilio in the southern hemisphere has …

Relationships among Amylostereum species associated with siricid woodwasps inferred from mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences

B Slippers, MJ Wingfield, BD Wingfield, TA Coutinho - Mycologia, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Amylostereum currently includes four species, namely A. areolatum, A. chailletii,
A. laevigatum and A. ferreum. Two of these species, A. areolatum and A. chailletii, are well …

Genetics of Amylostereum Species Associated with Siricidae Woodwasps

MA van der Nest, BD Wingfield, MJ Wingfield… - The Sirex Woodwasp …, 2012 - Springer
The basidiomycete fungi, Amylostereum areolatum, A. chailletii and A. laevigatum, are
closely associated with various Siricid woodwasps. DNA-based studies have shown that …