Check List 16(3): 743-747, doi: 10.15560/16.3.743
Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther (Mucorales, Mucoromycota): a first record for the Neotropics
Carlos Alberto Fragoso de Souza‡, Diogo Xavier Lima§, Diogo Paes da Costa‡, Catarina Letícia Ferreira de Lima§, Erika Valente de Medeiros‡, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo Santiago§‡ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Produção Agrícola, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco., Garanhuns, Brazil§ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco., Recife, Brazil
Corresponding author: Carlos Alberto Fragoso de Souza ( carlos_fragoso1@hotmail.com ) Academic editor: Roger Fagner Ribeiro Melo © Carlos Alberto Fragoso de Souza, Diogo Xavier Lima, Diogo Paes da Costa, Catarina Letícia Ferreira de Lima, Erika Valente de Medeiros, 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:
De Souza CAF, Lima DX, da Costa DP, Lima CLF, de Medeiros EV, Santiago ALCMA (2020) Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther (Mucorales, Mucoromycota): a first record for the Neotropics. Check List 16(3): 743-747. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.743 |  |
Abstract
Two specimens of Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther were isolated from soil samples collected in an upland rainforest area located in Pernambuco state, Brazil. Their identity were confirmed by morphophysiology and ITS rDNA sequence analysis. Both specimens are distinguished from other species within the Mucor circinelloides complex by producing obovoid, ovate and strawberry-shaped columellae. A detailed description and illustration of the specimens are presented. This is the first record of M. variicolumellatus in the Neotropics.
Keywords
ITS rDNA; Mucoromyceta; taxonomy.