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Piriformospora

Piriformospora Sav. Verma, Aj. Varma, Rexer, G. Kost & P. Franken 1998, in Verma et al., Mycologia, 90(5), 896-903 (1998)

             Etymology. piriformis (lat.): pear shaped; spora (lat.): spore; referring to the characteristic shape of the chlamydospores.

Diagnosis: Genus belonging to the Basidiomycota; pearshaped chlamydospores; single spores forming at the tips of the hyphae; continuous parenthesomes covering the dolipores in the septa of the hyphae; hyphae penetrating and colonizing the cortex of plant roots.

Index Fungorum Number: IF27891

Type species: Piriformospora indica Sav. Verma, Aj. Varma, Rexer, G. Kost & P. Franken 1998, in Verma et al., Mycologia, 90(5), 896-903 (1998)

Species:

Piriformospora indica Sav. Verma, Aj. Varma, Rexer, G. Kost & P. Franken 1998

Piriformospora williamsii Zuccaro & M. Weiss 2012

 

Reference:

Verma, S., Varma, A., Rexer, K. H., Hassel, A., Kost, G., Sarbhoy, A., ... & Franken, P. (1998). Piriformospora indica, gen. et sp. nov., a new root-colonizing fungus. Mycologia, 90(5), 896-903.

 

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