Original paper
Mucor moniliformis (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) in Brazil: the second report worldwide and the first in the New world
Santos, Francisca Robervânia Soares dos; Santos, Maria Alice Barbosa dos; Cordeiro, Thalline Rafhaella Leite; Leão, Isabela Ferreira; Costa, Diogo Paes da; Gurgel, Luciana Melo Sartori; Santiago, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo
Nova Hedwigia Band 121 Heft 3-4 (2025), p. 215 - 227
44 references
published: Sep 11, 2025
published online: May 23, 2025
manuscript accepted: Nov 27, 2024
manuscript revision received: Nov 25, 2024
manuscript received: Oct 3, 2024
DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2024/0745
ArtNo. ESP050012103003, Price: 29.00 €
Abstract
Mucor moniliformis is being reported for the first time in the New World, specifically from soil samples collected in an upland tropical forest area in the municipality of Brejão, Pernambuco state, Brazil. This species was identified based on its morphology and ITS rDNA sequences. It is characterized by simple or branched sporangiophores with globose to subglobose columellae and ovoid sporangiospores. Chlamydospores ellipsoid, ovoid, subglobose, globose, or irregular, formed in chains, are abundant in substrate hyphae. This study presents a morphological description of this rare fungus, and aspects of its taxonomy are discussed.
Keywords
Mucoraceae distribution • new occurrence • soil • taxonomy