Open AccessGlomus arenarium, a new species in Glomales (Zygomycetes)
Author(s) -
Janusz Błaszkowski,
Mariusz Tadych,
Tadeusz Madej
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.2001.013
Subject(s) - spore , botany , biology , hypha , hyaline , fungus , glomus
A new ectocarpic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species, Glomus arenarium (Glomales, Zygomycetes), was recovered from maritime sand dunes of northern Poland. Glomus arenarium forms spores with a narrow and hyaline subtending hypha. Spores are orange to raw umber, globose to subglobose, (55-)97(-120) µm diam or ovoid, 65-105 x 95-140 µm. Their wall consists of three layers: a hyaline outermost layer present only in very young spores, a semiflexible, hyaline middle layer rarely present in mature spores, and a permanent, laminate, orange to raw umber innermost layer. No spore wall layers of G. arenarium reagent. This fungus formed spores and arbuscular mycorrhizae in single-species pot cultures with Plantago lanceolata