Original paper
Discovery of the rare Mucor ardhlaengiktus (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) in South America
Santos, Francisca Robervania Soares dos; Cruz, Mateus Oliveira da; Lima, Catarina Letícia Ferreira; Cordeiro, Thalline Rafhaella Leite; Santos, Maria Alice Barbosa dos; Freitas, Leslie Waren Silva de; Costa, Diogo Paes da; Gurgel, Luciana Melo Sartori; Santiago, André L. Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo
Nova Hedwigia Band 116 Heft 1-2 (2023), p. 77 - 88
34 references
published: Mar 22, 2023
manuscript accepted: Feb 3, 2023
manuscript received: Dec 31, 2022
DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2023/0734
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Abstract
Mucor ardhlaengiktus is reported for the first time in South America, where it was isolated from soil in an upland rainforest area, located in the municipality of Sanharó, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The strain URM 8592 is characterized by forming simply branched sporangiophores, some monopodially branched, globose and subglobose columellae, infrequently ellipsoid with a slight constriction at the base. The sporangiospores are mostly ellipsoid, although some are ovoid, reniform and rarely irregularly shaped, and chlamydospores are frequently formed. This study presents a detailed morphological description of this rare mucoralean fungus. Aspects of its taxonomy and geographical distribution are also commented.
Keywords
Mucoromycotina • Mucoromycetes • soil • taxonomy