Halomyrma Réblová & Vohník, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3897/imafungus.16.157688 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16814382 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A4CBD1E1-572C-536B-85A2-41D40908D8EC |
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by Pensoft |
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Halomyrma Réblová & Vohník |
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gen. nov. |
Halomyrma Réblová & Vohník gen. nov.
Etymology.
From Greek háls (salt or saline) and mýrmēx (ant or metaphorically ‘ small, resilient organism’) Referring to the habitat of the fungus in saline soil and symbolising its adaptability and survival in extreme environments.
Type species.
Halomyrma pluriseptata Réblová & Vohník .
Description.
Asexual morph. Observed exclusively in culture. Mycelium composed of cylindrical, subhyaline to olivaceous brown, septate, branched hyphae. Conidiophores micronematous, reduced to undifferentiated hyphal branches or single conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, cylindrical, subcylindrical, or slightly swollen, determined; conidial secession schizolytic. Conidia dry, terminal, solitary, initially coiled and composed of several cells, gradually becoming ellipsoidal, subglobose, clavate, or irregular in shape, multicellular, with transverse and longitudinal septa; cells are formed in multiple planes, pigmented, with a pore in each cell. Sexual morph. Not observed.
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