Endogonales
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Endogonales is an order of fungi within the phylum of Zygomycota,[1] and in class Endogonomycetes.[2][3]
It contains 2 families; Endogonaceae, with 6 genera and 38 species and Densosporaceae, with one genera and 4 species.[2]
History
The Endogales were originally formed to hold a single family, the Endogonaceae, which comprised 15 species in four genera (Endogone, Peridiospora, Sclerogone, and Youngiomyces). They were transferred to the phylum Glomeromycota to Zygomycetes.[4] Then they were placed in Zygomycotina.[5] They were placed in the subphylum Mucoromycotina in 2017 and genus Youngiomyces was synonymized with genus Endogone.[6] They were then placed in the monotypic class Endogonomycetes.[3]
Genera
Endogonaceae Template:Au;[7]
- Endogone Template:Au (26 species)
- Jimgerdemannia Template:Au (3: Jimgerdemannia ambigua Template:Au, Jimgerdemannia flammicorona Template:Au, Jimgerdemannia lactiflua Template:Au)
- Peridiospora Template:Au (2: Peridiospora reticulata Template:Au and Peridiospora tatachia Template:Au)
- Sclerogone Template:Au (1: Sclerogone eucalypti Template:Au)
- Sphaerocreas Template:Au (4)
- Vinositunica Template:Au (2: Vinositunica ingens Template:Au and Vinositunica radiata Template:Au)
Densosporaceae Template:Au;[8]
- Densospora Template:Au (4 Species: D. nanospora – D. nuda – D. solicarpa – D. tubiformis)
Note; genus Jimwhitea Template:Au was placed in the Endogonaceae family, but holds only fossils reported from the Middle Triassic formations. So is placed in Ascomycota genera Incertae sedis.[2]
Life cycle
The life cycle of the Endogonales is distinguished by their production of small sporocarps containing many zygospores, which are eaten by rodents and distributed by their faeces.
They also produce a fetid odour that attracts mammals and encourages them to eat their fruiting bodies, and so spread their spores.[9]
Food
Like all fungi, they are heterotrophs with some being described as saprobes (with weak evidence).[9]
References
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- ↑ a b C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) Template:ISBN
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