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''Acaulospora lacunosa'' is a species of
fungus A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family Acaulosporaceae. It forms
arbuscular mycorrhiza An arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) (plural ''mycorrhizae'') is a type of mycorrhiza in which the symbiont fungus (''Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi'', or AMF) penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant forming arbuscules. Arbuscul ...
and vesicles in roots. Originally found in
West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
in soil associated with ''
Andropogon virginicus ''Andropogon virginicus'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem and . It is native to the southeastern United States and as far north as the Great Lakes. It is known as a ...
'', the fungus was described as new to science in 1986. The
specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...
refers to the outermost wall of the
spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual reproduction, sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for biological dispersal, dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores fo ...
, which has a characteristic appearance of the lunar surface.


References

Diversisporales Fungi described in 1986 Fungi of West Virginia 1986 in West Virginia Fungi without expected TNC conservation status Fungus species {{Glomeromycota-stub