Mortierella verticillata Linnem. (Mortierellomycota, Mortierellales) isolated from mountainous environments: a first report from South America

By

Gonçalves, Camila Melo
De Oliveira, Rafael José Vilela
Silva, Rejane Maria Ferreira Da
Souza, Carlos Alberto Fragoso De
Lima, Diogo Xavier
Silva, Gladstone Alves da

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-7-24

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

907--910

Subjects

ITS rDNA , ITS rDNA , Mortierellomycotina , southeastern Brazil , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.907

 

Abstract

During a study on filamentous fungi in the soil of mountainous environments in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, one specimen of Mortierella verticillata Linnem. was isolated. Fungal identity was confirmed by morphology and ITS rDNA sequence analysis. This study reports the first occurrence of M. verticillata in South America. This species is distinguished by its monopodial sporangiophores growing on aerial hyphae of verticillate branches, and single-spored sporangia finely ornamented with a diffluent wall. In this manuscript, the specimen is described and illustrated, and the distribution of this species is discussed.