Acaulospora dilatata
Appearance
Acaulospora dilatata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Glomeromycota |
Class: | Glomeromycetes |
Order: | Diversisporales |
Family: | Acaulosporaceae |
Genus: | Acaulospora |
Species: | A. dilatata
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Binomial name | |
Acaulospora dilatata J.B.Morton (1986)
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Acaulospora dilatata is a species of fungus in the family Acaulosporaceae. It forms arbuscular mycorrhiza and vesicles in roots. Originally found in West Virginia in soil associated with Andropogon virginicus, the fungus was described as new to science in 1986.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Morton JB. (1986). "Three new species of Acaulospora (Endogonaceae) from high aluminium, low pH soils in West Virginia". Mycologia. 78 (4): 641–648. doi:10.2307/3807777.