Mortierella solitaria Telagathoti, M. Probst & Peintner sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 557446; MycoBank number: MB 557446; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09208; Figs. 1, 2, 3 Etymology – Latin solitaria means solitary, living / acting on its own. This refers to i) the unbranched sporangiophores, which usually appear solitary or in small groups on the [...]
Mortierella calciphila Wrzosek, sp. nov. MycoBank number: MB 814918, Facesoffungi number: FoF 02063, Figs. 1, and 2 Etymology – refers to the type of soil where the species was found (limestone soil) Holotype – WA18944 Radiate colonies fast-growing (6 – 9 mm per day on PDA), without characteristic zonate growth nor garlic odour. Sporangiophores [...]
Mortierella formosana S.F.Wei, H.M. Ho & K. Voigt, sp. nov. MycoBank: MB812482; Facesoffungi number: FoF01017; Figs. 173 and 174 Etymology: Referring to Taiwan where the fungus was collected. Holotype: TNMF 28605 Colonies growing on PDA at 25 °C for 7 days reaching 9 cm in diam., white, zonnate, rosette, with abundant aerial hyphae. Sporangiophores [...]
Mortierella pisiformis H.M. Ho, S.F. Wei & K. Voigt, sp. nov. MycoBank:MB811959; Facesoffungi number: FoF01016; Figs. 1 and 2 Etymology: From the Latin pisiformis, meaning peashaped, in reference to the shape of spores. Holotype: TNMF 28604 Colonies grown on PDA at 25 °C for 7 days, reaching 9 cm in diameter, white, with abundant [...]
Mortierella Coem. The genus Mortierella Coem., the type of the order Mortierellales Caval.-Sm., was described in 1863 by Coemans and the first described species was Mortierella polycephala Coem.. The order Mortierellales is one of the largest basal fungal lineages. It is currently classified either within the subphylum Mucoromycotina (Hibbett et al. 2007) or within [...]