Funneliformis

Suo, Man-Yu, Long, Chun-Li, He, Rong-Jian, Chen, De-Yao & Jiang, Long, 2025, Funneliformis huaxica, a new species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) from Guiyang, China, Phytotaxa 715 (1), pp. 72-80 : 77

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.715.1.5

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E387DF-4749-6E4C-FF0E-CCDC5DA9F927

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Felipe

scientific name

Funneliformis
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Key to the species in Funneliformis View in CoL View at ENA worldwide

Based on the descriptions of 14 species of Funneliformis in the literature ( Gerdemann & Trappe 1974, Rose & Trappe 1981, Skou & Jakobsen 1989, Błaszkowski & Tadych 1997, Oehl et al. 2002, Dalpé et al. 2002, Wang et al. 2012, Guillén et al. 2020) and the morphological descriptions of the new species in this study, a key to 15 species of Funneliformis is provided.

1. Spore walls with two layers...............................................................................................................................................................2.

- Spore walls with three or more layers ...............................................................................................................................................6.

2. Sw2 of the spore has distinct structural ornamentation.....................................................................................................................3.

- Sw2 of the spore has no distinct structural ornamentation................................................................................................................5.

3. Aged spores sometimes show a third layer of dark brown wall....................................................................................... F. halonatus View in CoL

- Aged spores do not show a third layer of dark brown wall...............................................................................................................4.

4. Warts or spines evenly distributed, with a height of 0.8–1.7 μm ............................................................................... F. verruculosum View in CoL

- Warts or spines sparsely distributed, with a height of 1.2–3.5 μm............................................................................... F. monosporus View in CoL

5. Sporocarps wrapped by yellowish hyphae ...................................................................................................................... F. coronatum View in CoL

- Sporocarps wrapped by hyaline hyphae ............................................................................................................................... F. pilosus View in CoL

6. Spore walls with four or more layers ................................................................................................................................................7.

- Spore walls with three layers.............................................................................................................................................................9.

7. Spore walls with six layers ......................................................................................................................................... F. fragilistratum View in CoL

- Spore walls with four to five layers...................................................................................................................................................8.

8. Spores pale yellow......................................................................................................................................................... F. caledonium View in CoL

- Spores yellowish-brown to brown...................................................................................................................................... F. caesaris View in CoL

9. Sw3 of the spore with distinct ornamentation .................................................................................................................................10.

- Sw3 of the spore with no distinct ornamentation ............................................................................................................................11.

10. Ornamentation composed of irregular warts ................................................................................................................ F. kerguelensis View in CoL

- Ornamentation composed of evenly distributed pits...................................................................................................... F. multiforum

11. Spores dimorphic.......................................................................................................................................................... F. dimorphicus View in CoL

- Spores monomorphic.......................................................................................................................................................................12.

12. Spores have sporocarps ...................................................................................................................................................................13.

- Spores have no sporocarps ..............................................................................................................................................................14.

13. Sporocarps dark reddish-brown to black-brown .................................................................................................................. F. badium View in CoL

- Sporocarps yellowish-brown to light brown ...................................................................................................................... F. mosseae View in CoL

14. Sw1 of the spore shows a light pink colour in Melzer's reagent .................................................................................... F. geosporum View in CoL

- Sw1 of the spore has no reaction in Melzer's reagent ......................................................................................................... F. huaxica

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