FIGURE 8 in Description of a novel termite ectoparasite, Termitaria hexasporodochia sp. nov. (Kathistaceae), presenting an unusual six-sectioned infestation, and a key to the fungal family Kathistaceae

FIGURE 8. Upper region structure of T. hexasporodochia sp. nov. A. Confocal stack image showing position of sporodochia on the ventral surface of Amitermes worker abdomen with six prominent elliptical sporodochia of T. hexasporodochia sp. nov. on ventral sternites 4, 5, and 6. Thick dark expiculum present along the periphery of each lesion. B. Confocal stack image just below the pad surface, showing sporodochia appears densely populated with 12,000–14,000 hexagonal pores (textura angularis), with the conidial spores (Cs) visible within each tubular hymenial channel leading to the apical pore. C. SEM image showing apical most surface of the hexagonal honeycomb of phialides, in contrast to the smooth, crust like expiculum (Ex) 4- Phialides terminate in two blunt bivalved flaps (Bf) that appear as two isosceles trapezoidal flaps that combine to form a hexagonal unit. Scale bars: C-100 μm, D-4 μm. Photographed by Steve Davis.