Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther (Mucorales, Mucoromycota): a first record for the Neotropics

By

Fragoso de Souza, Carlos Alberto
Lima, Diogo Xavier
Costa, Diogo Paes Da
Lima, Catarina Letícia Ferreira De
Medeiros, Erika Valente De
Santiago, André L. C. Monteiro De Azevedo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-6-16

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

743--747

Subjects

ITS rDNA , ITS rDNA , Mucoromyceta , taxonomy.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.743

 

Abstract

Two specimens of Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther were isolated from soil samples collected in an upland rainforest area located in Pernambuco state, Brazil. Their identity were confirmed by morphophysiology and ITS rDNA sequence analysis. Both specimens are distinguished from other species within the Mucor circinelloides complex by producing obovoid, ovate and strawberry-shaped columellae. A detailed description and illustration of the specimens are presented. This is the first record of M. variicolumellatus in the Neotropics.