''Funneliformis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
fungi
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
in the family
Glomeraceae. All species are
arbuscular mycorrhiza
An arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) (plural ''mycorrhizae'', a.k.a. ''endomycorrhiza'') is a type of mycorrhiza in which the symbiont fungus (''AM fungi'', or AMF) penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant forming arbuscules. ( ...
l (AM) fungi that form
symbiotic relationships (
mycorrhizaa) with plant
root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the sur ...
s. The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and Christopher Walker, with ''
Funneliformis mosseae'' (named after the biologist Barbara Mosse and originally described in 1968 as a species of ''
Endogone'') as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
. The generic name refers to the funnel-shaped spore base present in several species.
Species
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Funneliformis africanum'' (Błaszk. & Kovács) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis badium'' (Oehl, D.Redecker & Sieverd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis caledonium'' (T.H.Nicolson & Gerd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis constrictum'' (Trappe) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis coronatum'' (Giovann.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis fragilistratum'' (Skou & I. Jakobsen) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis geosporum'' (T.H.Nicolson & Gerd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis mosseae'' (T.H.Nicolson & Gerd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis verruculosum'' (Błaszk.) C.Walker & A. Schüßler 2010
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Funneliformis xanthium'' (Błaszk., Blanke, Renker & Buscot) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010
References
External links
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Fungus genera
Glomerales
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