Endogonaceae

Key to the Genera

A. Sporocarps containing a single zygospore —— Peridiospora

AA. Sporocarps containing several spores —— B

B. Sporocarps usually containing 2-12 zygospores, sometimes more —— Sclerogone

BB. Sporocarps containing many zygospores —— C

C. Suspensors apposed, touching along their entire length —— Endogone

CC. Suspensors apposed, not touching —— Youngiomyces

Synopsis of Genera

[Acaulospora, transferred to the Glomerales (Glomeromycota) by Morton and Benny, 1990].

[Complexipes, it is the anamorph of a discomycete, Tricharina mikolae Yang & Wilcox (Yang and Wilcox, 1984)].

ENDOGONE Link: Fr., 1823 (Syst. Mycol. 2: 295); 12 spp. (Thaxter, 1922— ILLUS.; Gerdemann and Trappe, 1974— illus. and key to spp.; Berch and Fortin, 1983a, 1983b, 1984— illus.; Berch and Castellano, 1986; Gibson et al., 1986a; Yao et al., 1996— KEY to SPP. and illus.; Blaskowski et al., 1998— new sp.)

= Endogone Link, 1809 (Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk 3:33).

[Entrophospora, transferred to the Glomerales (Glomeromycota) by Morton and Benny, 1990].

[Gigaspora, transferred to the Glomerales (Glomeromycota) by Morton and Benny, 1990].

[Glaziella this fungus is an ascomycete related to the Pezizales (Gibson et al. 1986b)].

[Glomus, transferred to the Glomerales (Glomeromycota) by Morton and Benny, 1990].

[Modicella, transferred to the Mortierellaceae by Trappe and Schenck (1982), see Mortierellaceae (Mortierellales)].

PERIDIOSPORA Wu & Lin, 1997 (Mycotaxon 64: 180); 2 species (Wu and Lin, 1997—key to spp.)

SCLEROGONE Warcup, 1990 (Mycological Research 94: 176); 1 species (Warcup, 1990; Yao et al., 1996—ILLUS).

[Sclerocystis, transferred to the Glomerales (Glomeromycota) by Morton and Benny, 1990; later treated as a synonym of Glomus by Redecker et al., 2000]

[Scutellospora, transferred to the Glomerales (Glomeromycota) by Morton and Benny, 1990)].

YOUNGIOMYCES Y.J. Yao, 1995 (in Y.J. Yao, Pegler & T.W.K. Young, Kew Bull. 50: 350); 4 species (Yao et al., 1995, 1996-KEY and ILLUS.)

Updated Jan 31, 2009