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Definition of Entomophthorales
1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Group relationships: Class Zygomycetes, Zygomycetes
Member holonyms: Entomophthoraceae, Family Entomophthoraceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entomophthorales
Literary usage of Entomophthorales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"Entomophthorales. The Entomophthorales are parasitic on flies, grasshoppers, the
larvae of beetles and other insects. They sometimes produce destruction of ..."
2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"Entomophthorales.—These are parasites fatal to insects, the common house fly
often being destroyed by them. The spore (conidium) in germination sends ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"Other investigators have observed a saprophytic condition in certain members of
the Entomophthorales. The fungus grows rapidly. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... or resting spore-eases, but there are motile periods in the life history when
the organisms swim freely in the water. The Entomophthorales are mostly ..."
5. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"... however, largely of saprophytic organisms, and a fourth order, Entomophthorales,
contains forms which are ..."
6. Investigations representing the departments by University of Chicago, E.F. Young, John Dewey (1903)
"The Entomophthorales are too highly specialized to be easily derived directly
from algal ancestry and need not be considered in this paper. ..."
7. Investigations Representing the Departments: Zoölogy, Anatomy, Physiology by University of Chicago (1903)
"The Entomophthorales are too highly specialized to be easily derived directly
from algal ancestry and need not be considered in this paper. ..."
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