Complexes of Fungal Endoliths in Shells of Cultured Giant Oysters Crassostrea gigas (Ostreidae), Healthy and Infected by the Boring Sponge Cliona vastifica (Clionaidae)
Journal: Inland Water Biology
Year: 2025

The mycobiota of shells of the oysters Crassostrea gigas, healthy and infected by the boring sponge Cliona vastifica, was studied at the mussel and oyster farm of the Mariculture Research Association LLC (city of Sevastopol, Crimea, Black Sea) in April 2020. 64 species of microscopic fungi from 24 genera, 13 families, 10 orders, 6 classes from the divisions Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mucoromycota were isolated and identified from the endogenous layers of oyster shells. 42 species of fungi we