Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order

The objective of the present study was to revise the recently described order Entrophosporales of the Glomeromycetes. The single family Entrophosporaceae had been divided into three genera, <i>Entrophospora</i>, <i>Claroideoglomus</i> and <i>Albahypha</i>, due to...

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Main Authors: Gladstone Alves da Silva, Ewald Sieverding, Daniele Magna Azevedo de Assis, Bruno Tomio Goto, Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin, Fritz Oehl
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author Gladstone Alves da Silva
Ewald Sieverding
Daniele Magna Azevedo de Assis
Bruno Tomio Goto
Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin
Fritz Oehl
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description The objective of the present study was to revise the recently described order Entrophosporales of the Glomeromycetes. The single family Entrophosporaceae had been divided into three genera, <i>Entrophospora</i>, <i>Claroideoglomus</i> and <i>Albahypha</i>, due to molecular phylogenetic or morphological analyses, but recently these three genera were combined within the type genus of the family, <i>Entrophospora</i>. Our new studies now suggest once more three genera, but <i>Entrophospora</i> and <i>Claroideoglomus</i> were not separated again. In the present study, we resurrected <i>Albahypha</i> with <i>A. drummondii</i> and <i>A. furrazolae</i> comb. nov. and established <i>Alborhynchus</i> gen. nov. with <i>A. walkeri</i> comb. nov. Morphologically, all glomoid morphs of the three genera have hyaline to white subtending hyphae with one spore wall continuous with the subtending hyphal wall. However, the genera can easily be differentiated from each other and from other glomoid species of the Glomeromycetes by the combination of the characteristics of the subtending hyphae, the staining reaction of the spore wall layers in Melzer’s reagent and phylogeny. In conclusion, the three AMF genera, currently recognized in the Entrophosporales, can unequivocally be identified by molecular phylogeny or by morphological characteristics of their spores and their subtending hyphae. An identification key distinguishes all AMF species currently attributed to Entrophosporales.
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spelling doaj-art-7e392c6e0f6a495c99e094283c9bedcf2025-08-20T02:04:06ZengMDPI AGJournal of Fungi2309-608X2025-01-011129710.3390/jof11020097Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This OrderGladstone Alves da Silva0Ewald Sieverding1Daniele Magna Azevedo de Assis2Bruno Tomio Goto3Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin4Fritz Oehl5Departamento de Micologia, CB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Av. da Engenharia s/n, Recife 50740-600, PE, BrazilInstitute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg Institute), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 13, D-70599 Stuttgart-Hohenheim, GermanyDepartamento de Micologia, CB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Av. da Engenharia s/n, Recife 50740-600, PE, BrazilDepartamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilLaboratorio de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Jr. Amorarca N 315, Morales 22201, PeruAgroscope, Competence Division for Plants and Plant Products, Ecotoxicology, Müller-Thurgau-Strasse 29, CH-8820 Wädenswil, SwitzerlandThe objective of the present study was to revise the recently described order Entrophosporales of the Glomeromycetes. The single family Entrophosporaceae had been divided into three genera, <i>Entrophospora</i>, <i>Claroideoglomus</i> and <i>Albahypha</i>, due to molecular phylogenetic or morphological analyses, but recently these three genera were combined within the type genus of the family, <i>Entrophospora</i>. Our new studies now suggest once more three genera, but <i>Entrophospora</i> and <i>Claroideoglomus</i> were not separated again. In the present study, we resurrected <i>Albahypha</i> with <i>A. drummondii</i> and <i>A. furrazolae</i> comb. nov. and established <i>Alborhynchus</i> gen. nov. with <i>A. walkeri</i> comb. nov. Morphologically, all glomoid morphs of the three genera have hyaline to white subtending hyphae with one spore wall continuous with the subtending hyphal wall. However, the genera can easily be differentiated from each other and from other glomoid species of the Glomeromycetes by the combination of the characteristics of the subtending hyphae, the staining reaction of the spore wall layers in Melzer’s reagent and phylogeny. In conclusion, the three AMF genera, currently recognized in the Entrophosporales, can unequivocally be identified by molecular phylogeny or by morphological characteristics of their spores and their subtending hyphae. An identification key distinguishes all AMF species currently attributed to Entrophosporales.https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/11/2/97classificationsystematicstaxonomyarbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
spellingShingle Gladstone Alves da Silva
Ewald Sieverding
Daniele Magna Azevedo de Assis
Bruno Tomio Goto
Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin
Fritz Oehl
Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order
Journal of Fungi
classification
systematics
taxonomy
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
title Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order
title_full Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order
title_fullStr Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order
title_full_unstemmed Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order
title_short Revision of Entrophosporales, with Three Genera and an Identification Key for All Species Currently Attributed to This Order
title_sort revision of entrophosporales with three genera and an identification key for all species currently attributed to this order
topic classification
systematics
taxonomy
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
url https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/11/2/97
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