''Acaulospora'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
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. Species in this genus are widespread in distribution, and form
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.
Species list
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A. alpina''
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A. appendicula''
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A. bireticulata''
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A. brasiliensis''
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A. capsicula''
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A. cavernata''
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A. colliculosa''
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A. colombiana''
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A. colossica''
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A. delicata''
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A. denticulata''
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A. dilatata''
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A. elegans''
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A. entreriana''
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A. excavata''
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A. foveata''
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A. gedanensis''
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A. gerdemannii''
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A. jejuensis''
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A. kentinensis''
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A. koreana''
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A. koskei''
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A. lacunosa''
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A. laevis''
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A. longula''
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A. mellea''
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A. morrowiae''
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A. myriocarpa''
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A. nicolsonii''
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A. nivalis''
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A. paulinae''
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A. polonica''
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A. rehmii''
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A. rugosa''
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A. scrobiculata''
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A. sieverdingii''
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A. spinosa''
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A. splendida''
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A. sporocarpia''
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A. taiwania''
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A. terricola''
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A. thomii''
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A. trappei''
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A. tuberculata''
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A. walkeri''
References
External links
International Culture Collection of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Diversisporales
Taxa named by James Trappe
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