Multigene phylogeny of Endogonales, an early diverging lineage of fungi associated with plants.

ABSTRACT: Endogonales is a lineage of early diverging fungi within Mucoromycota. Many species in this order produce small sporophores ("sporocarps") containing a large number of zygospores, and many species form symbioses with plants. However, due to limited collections, subtle morphological differentiation, difficulties in growing these organisms in vitro, and idiosyncrasies in their rDNA that make PCR amplification difficult, the systematics and character evolution of these fungi have been challenging to resolve. To overcome these challenges we generated a multigene phylogeny of Endogonales using sporophores collected over the past three decades from four continents. Our results show that Endogonales harbour significant undescribed diversity and form two deeply d

SUBMITTER: Desiro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729711 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature