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Wraight, S.P., Inglis, G.D., Goettel, M.S. (2007). Fungi. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5933-9_10

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