- Source: Trichomaris
Trichomaris is a genus of fungi in the family Halosphaeriaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Trichomaris invadens. This fungus causes a disease of tanner crabs. It forms a layer of dark hyphae on the exoskeleton of affected hosts. Perithecia form atop this layer and produce ascospores with distinctive gelatinous appendages. The spores are presumably able to infect new hosts.
References
External links
Trichomaris at Index Fungorum
Chitinolytic Fungal Disease (Black Mat Syndrome) of Crabs at Fisheries and Oceans Canada
