Anguillospora

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Anguillospora
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Amniculicolaceae
Genus: Anguillospora
Ingold (1942)
Type species
Anguillospora longissima
(Sacc. & P.Syd.) Ingold (1942)

Anguillospora is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Amniculicolaceae. [1] It was circumscribed by Cecil Terence Ingold in 1942, with Anguillospora longissima assigned as the type species. [2] It was found as a root endophytic fungus in the plant Equisetum scirpoides . [3] It is related to the genera Amniculicola [4] and Lophiostoma . [5] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1]

Species

As of January 2022, Species Fungorum accepts 11 species of Anguillospora. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anguillospora Ingold, 1942". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. Ingold, C.T. (1942). "Aquatic hyphomycetes of decaying alder leaves". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 25 (4): 339–417. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(42)80001-7.
  3. Singh, L., Sati, S.C. Antagonistic Activity of Isolated Root Endophytic Freshwater Fungus Anguillospora Longissima Against Pathogenic Fungi. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 43, 201–205 (2020).
  4. Zhang, Y.; Fournier, J.; Crous, P.W.; Pointing, S.B.; Hyde, K.D. (2009). "Phylogenetic and morphological assessment of two new species of Amniculicola and their allies (Pleosporales)". Persoonia. 23 (1): 48–54. doi:10.3767/003158509X472187. PMC   2802726 . PMID   20198161.
  5. Baschien, C. Marvanová (2006). "Phylogeny of selected aquatic hyphomycetes based on morphological and molecular data" . Nova Hedwigia. 83 (3–4): 311–352. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2006/0083-0311.
  6. Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Anguillospora". Catalog of Life Version 2021-01-14. Retrieved 30 January 2021.