Barbatospora
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| Genus: | Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006
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Barbatospora is a genus of fungi in the family Barbatosporaceae. It was described by Merlin M. White, Augusto Siri and Robert W. Lichtwardt in 2006, with Barbatospora ambicaudata as the type species.[1][2] The genus is considered monotypic, containing the single described species B. ambicaudata.[3]
Taxonomy
Barbatospora was introduced in 2006 in a study of trichomycete fungal symbionts of larval aquatic insects from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and nearby areas in the southern Appalachian region of the United States.[3] Index Fungorum records the genus as Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., published in Mycologia 98(2): 335.[1]
The genus is placed in Barbatosporaceae, Barbatosporales, Barbatosporomycetes and Kickxellomycotina.[1] The family Barbatosporaceae and order Barbatosporales were introduced by Doweld in 2014.[4] Barbatosporomycetes was later recognised in higher-level fungal classification by Tedersoo and colleagues.[5]
Description
Barbatospora has a branched thallus with a basal cell and produces cylindrical trichospores. The trichospores lack a collar and have multiple fine basal appendages. In B. ambicaudata, appendage-like structures may also occur at the terminal end of the trichospore. Zygospores are unknown.[3][5]
Ecology and distribution
The type species, Barbatospora ambicaudata, was described from the gut of larval Simuliidae, commonly known as blackflies.[3] The original material came from aquatic insect larvae collected in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern Appalachian region of the United States.[3]
Species
The genus currently contains one described species:
- Barbatospora ambicaudata M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ "Barbatospora". MycoBank. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 White, Merlin M.; Siri, Augusto; Lichtwardt, Robert W. (2006). "Trichomycete insect symbionts in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and vicinity". Mycologia. 98 (2): 333–352. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.2.333. PMID 16894978.
- ↑ Doweld, Alexander B. (2014). "Nomenclatural novelties: Barbatosporales Doweld ord. nov., Barbatosporaceae Doweld fam. nov". Index Fungorum. 87: 1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tedersoo, Leho; Sánchez-Ramírez, Santiago; Kõljalg, Urmas; Bahram, Mohammad; Döring, Markus; Schigel, Dmitry; May, Tom W.; Ryberg, Martin; Abarenkov, Kessy (2018). "High-level classification of the Fungi and a tool for evolutionary ecological analyses". Fungal Diversity. 90 (1): 135–159. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0401-0.
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