Glomus rubiforme (Gerd. & Trappe) R.T. Almeida & N.C. Schenck 1990

Details

Name scientific

Glomus rubiforme (Gerd. & Trappe) R.T. Almeida & N.C. Schenck, Mycologia 82 709 (1990)

Preferred name

Glomus rubiforme (Gerd. & Trappe) R.T. Almeida & N.C. Schenck 1990

Taxonomy reference

Oehl, F.; da Silva, G.A.; Goto, B.T.; Sieverding, E. 2011: Glomeromycota: three new genera and glomoid species reorganized . Mycotaxon 116: 75-120.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

(Gerd. & Trappe) R.T. Almeida & N.C. Schenck

Original authors

Gerd. & Trappe

Combination authors

R.T. Almeida & N.C. Schenck

Publication place

Almeida, R.T.; Schenck, N.C. 1990: A revision of the genus Sclerocystis (Glomaceae, Glomales). Mycologia 82(6): 703-714.

Year published

1990

Publication page

709

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Sclerocystis rubiformis Gerd. & Trappe 1974

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Glomus rubiforme

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Glomeromycota

Class

Glomeromycetes

Order

Glomerales

Family

Glomeraceae

Genus

Glomus

Species

rubiforme

Synonyms

Sclerocystis rubiformis Gerd. & Trappe 1974

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Coprosma robusta Raoul

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)

has host

Metrosideros excelsa Gaertn.

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

Descriptions

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) 2005: Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Sclerocystis rubiformis Gerd. & Trappe 1974

Description

Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Spores borne in sporocarps. Sporocarps hypogeous or epigeous, often aggregated, subglobose to ellipsoid, composed of a single layer of spores surrounding a central network of hyphae and resembling a miniature blackberry, dark brown, 400–600 × 200 μm. Spores subglobose to ellipsoid, 0-septate, 40–120 × 30–100 μm; spore wall dark brown, laminated; subtending hyphae 5–12 μm wide, hyaline.

Distribution

Distribution: Dunedin, Southland.; 1st Record: Hall (1977).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Hall (1977) showed this to be an endomycorrhizal fungus in New Zealand.; Host(s): Coprosma robusta.