Ditylenchus myceliophagus

  

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae
          Anguininae
          
Ditylenchus myceliophagus
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Morphology and Anatomy:

 
      Nematode is 0.6-1.4 mm long.
   
    

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:


 

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Distribution:

 Temperate regions, France, Britain; mushroom-growing areas.
   

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Economic Importance:

Pest in commercial mushroom production.
  

 

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Feeding:

Feeds on a wide range of fungal hyphae. 

Swarms and aggregates on mushroom beds.
   

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Hosts:

Fungi, mushrooms.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Becomes cryptobiotic if drying is slow, remains viable for 3 1/2 years.

Has a sticky surface that sticks nematode to insect or human vectors.       

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Damage:

Withdraws contents of fungal cells, mycelium disappears; mushroom beds become soggy and foul smelling.
    

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Management:

Control of infestations is difficult; preventive measures are employed. 

Mushroom beds are heated to 60 C or fumigated with methyl bromide - both treatments kill mushrooms.

Thionazin is used at low rates in England to suppress the nematode; Benomyl suppresses the nematode, but also has detrimental effects on the fungus.

 

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Revised: November 19, 2019.