''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 ...

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 ''Funneliformis mosseae'' is a species of fungus in the family ''Glomeraceae'', which is an arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that forms symbiotic relationships with plant roots. ''Funneliformis mosseae'' has a wide distribution worldwide, and ca ...

'' (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

*'' Funneliformis africanum'' (Błaszk. & Kovács) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis badium ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (Oehl, D.Redecker & Sieverd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis caledonium ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (T.H.Nicolson & Gerd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis constrictum ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (Trappe) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis coronatum ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (Giovann.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis fragilistratum ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (Skou & I. Jakobsen) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis geosporum ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (T.H.Nicolson & Gerd.) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis verruculosum ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (Błaszk.) C.Walker & A. Schüßler 2010 *''

Funneliformis xanthium ''Funneliformis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Glomeraceae. All species are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that form symbiotic relationships ( mycorrhizaa) with plant roots. The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Arthur Schüßler and C ...

'' (Błaszk., Blanke, Renker & Buscot) C.Walker & A.Schüßler 2010

References

External links

* Fungus genera Glomerales {{Glomeromycota-stub