Barbatospora ambicaudata
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Barbatospora ambicaudata is a species of fungus in the family Barbatosporaceae. It is the type species of the genus Barbatospora and the only described species commonly placed in that genus.[1][2]
The species was described in 2006 by Merlin M. White, Augusto Siri and Robert W. Lichtwardt from trichomycete symbionts of larval aquatic insects collected in and near Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern Appalachian region of the United States.[1]
Taxonomy
Barbatospora ambicaudata was originally described in the genus Barbatospora in 2006.[1] MycoBank records the name as Barbatospora ambicaudata M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., published in Mycologia 98(2): 335.[3] Index Fungorum also records the species under the same authority and publication details.[4]
The genus Barbatospora is placed in Barbatosporaceae, Barbatosporales and Barbatosporomycetes.[2][3] The higher-level classification of this group has changed in modern fungal taxonomy, and some databases differ in whether the lineage is placed under Kickxellomycota or Mucoromycota.[2]
Description
Barbatospora ambicaudata has a branched thallus with a basal cell and a cup-shaped holdfast. Its branchlets produce one to four cylindrical trichospores. The trichospores have fine, multiple basal appendages and may also bear appendage-like structures at the terminal end. Zygospores are unknown.[1]
The specific epithet ambicaudata refers to the appendage-like structures that may occur at both ends of the trichospores.[1]
Ecology and distribution
The species was described from the hindgut of larval Simuliidae, commonly known as blackflies.[1] The original study reported it from aquatic insect larvae collected in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern Appalachian region of the United States.[1]
A maintained culture record lists isolate TN-49-W4A of Barbatospora ambicaudata from Simulium vandalicum, collected by Merlin M. White in August 2004, with ARSEF accession number 9020.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw. 2006". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Barbatospora ambicaudata". MycoBank. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ "Barbatospora ambicaudata M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- ↑ "Trichomycetes and other fungi maintained in the Mycological Laboratory Culture Collection of The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA". Lucid Key Server. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
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