Delicatispora indica (Błaszk., Wubet & Harikumar) Błaszk., Niezgoda & B. T. Goto 2025

Delicatispora indica (Błaszk., Wubet & Harikumar) Błaszk., Niezgoda & B. T. Goto comb. nov.

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Etymology.

Latin, referring to India where this species was originally found.

Specimens examined.

Poland. Spores from single-species cultures established from spores extracted from trap pot cultures inoculated with rhizosphere soil and root fragments of Euphorbia heterophylla L. from coastal sands of Alappuzha in Kerala State of South India (90 ° 55 ' N, 76.0 ° 46 ' E) and Lactuca sativa L. cultivated in Asmara, Eritrea, North East Africa (15 ° 28 ' N, 38 ° 55 ' E), 10 Apr 2009, J. Błaszkowski (holotype: slide with spores no. LPPDSE 3113; isotypes: slides with spores nos. LPPDSE 3108–3112 and 3114–3133), and two slides at OSC.

Diagnosis.

As that of Delicatispora (see above).

Description.

As that in Błaszkowski et al. (2010 b).

Ecology and distribution.

Originally found in two trap pot cultures inoculated with rhizosphere soils and root fragments of E. heterophylla from coastal sands of Alappuzha in Kerala State of South India and L. sativa cultivated in Asmara, Eritrea, Northeast Africa. The geographic positions of the sampled sites, physicochemical properties of their soils, and features of mycorrhizal structures formed in single-species cultures of this fungus, are given in Błaszkowski et al. (2010 b). Based on ≥ 98 % SSU rDNA sequence identity to uncultured AMF sequences available in public databases, suggested to have also been present in various states of the USA, Estonia, and Australia ( Błaszkowski et al. 2010 b). In the USA, also found associated with roots of Panicum virgatum L. in Wisconsin, as resulted from phylogenetic analyses of our 45 S alignment with the MT 765488 View Materials , MT 765651 View Materials , and MT 765457 View Materials environmental sequences with> 96 % identity to 45 S sequences of D. indica (data not shown).