Check List 16(3): 737-741, doi: 10.15560/16.3.737
The first record of the coprophilous fungi Utharomyces epallocaulus Boedijn ex P.M. Kirk & Benny (Mucoromycotina, Mucorales, Pilobolaceae) in Brazil
Maria Helena Alves‡, Mateus Oliveira da Cruz§, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago§‡ Universidade Federal do Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil§ Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Corresponding author: André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago ( andrelcabral@msn.com ) Academic editor: Claudia López Lastra © Maria Helena Alves, Mateus Oliveira da Cruz, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Alves MH, Cruz MO, Santiago ALCMA (2020) The first record of the coprophilous fungi Utharomyces epallocaulus Boedijn ex P.M. Kirk & Benny (Mucoromycotina, Mucorales, Pilobolaceae) in Brazil. Check List 16(3): 737-741. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.737 |  |
Abstract
During a study on coprophilous fungus diversity in the State of Piauí, Brazil, Utharomyces epallocaulus Boedijn ex P.M. Kirk & Benny was isolated from rabbit dung. Morphologically, this species is characterized by the production of sporangiophores that exhibit a subsporangial vesicle and that emerge from a trophocyst immersed in the substrate. The sporangia are black, with resistant wall, and the sporangiospores are globose to subglobose. The taxon is described and illustrated for the first time in Brazil. Aspects of its morphology are discussed.
Keywords
Brazilian Northeastern; Mucoromyceta; rabbit dung; taxonomy; zygosporic fungi