Acaulospora excavata is a species of fungus in the family Acaulosporaceae. It forms arbuscular mycorrhiza and vesicles in roots. The fungus, first isolated from soil under the tree Terminalia ivorensis in the Ivory Coast, was described as new to science in 1994.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Glomeromycota |
Class: | Glomeromycetes |
Order: | Diversisporales |
Family: | Acaulosporaceae |
Genus: | Acaulospora |
Species: | A. excavata
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Binomial name | |
Acaulospora excavata Ingleby & C.Walker (1994)
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References
edit- ^ Ingleby K, Walker Cm Mason PA. (1994). "Acaulospora excavata sp. nov. – an endomycorrhizal fungus from Cote D'Ivoire". Mycotaxon. 50: 99–105.