Agriosomyces Hanafy, Vikram B. Lanjekar, Prashant K. Dhakephalkar, T.M. Callaghan, Dagar,G.W. Griff, Elshahed, and N.H. Youssef, gen. nov.
Index Fungorum number: MB 830737; Facesoffungi number: FoF
Typification: Agriosomyces longus. Hanafy, Vikram B. Lanjekar, Prashant K. Dhakephalkar, T.M. Callaghan, Dagar, G.W. Griff, Elshahed, and N.H. Youssef,
Etymology: Agrioso= derived from the Greek word for wild; myces = the Greek name for fungus.
Obligate anaerobic fungus that produces small spherical monoflagellate zoospores with an
extremely long flagellum (22 ± 3.8 μm). Zoospores germinate into monocentric thalli with filamentous anucleate rhizoidal systems. Both endogenous and exogenous globose sporangia are observed, which are very homogenous and display no pleomorphism. Rhizoids are swollen below the sporangial neck, which is tightly constricted. Zoospores are released through dissolution and rupturing of the sporangial wall. The clade is defined by the sequences MK882010-MK882013 (ITS-1) and MK881996 (D1-D2 28S rDNA).
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