Khoyollomyces 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 830741; Facesoffungi number: FoF
Typification Khoyollomyces ramosus. Hanafy, Vikram B. Lanjekar, Prashant K. Dhakephalkar, T.M. Callaghan, Dagar, G.W. Griff, Elshahed, and N.H. Youssef.
Etymology: Khyollo= derived from the Arabic word for horses;myces = the Greek name for fungus.
Obligate anaerobic fungus that produces spherical uniflagellate zoospores. Zoospores encyst and develop a highly branched anucleate rhizoidal system. Both endogenous and exogenou sporangia are observed. Small endogenous sporangia are subglobose and large endogenous sporangia are ellipsoidal.
Exogenous sporangia displayed a wider range of shapes. The majority of sporangiophores are branched and bear two to four sporangia. Unbranched sporangiophores bearing a single sporangium are less frequently encountered.
Zoospores are liberated through a wide apical pore at the top of the sporangia. Mainly found in the digestive tracts of equids. The clade is defined by the sequences MK882019 (ITS-1), and MK881981 (D1-D2 28S rDNA).
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