Glomales
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Glomales is an order of Fungi within the phylum glomeromycota.
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[edit] Food
These Fungi are all biotrophic mutualists.
Most employ the arbuscular mycorrhizae method of nutrient exchange with plants.
[edit] Phylogeny
They were once thought to be related to endogone, but have been found through molecular sequencing data, to be a sister group to the ascomycetes and the basidomycetes.
Their fossil record extends back to the Ordovician period (460 million years ago!).
[edit] Reproduction
They produce large (.1-.5mm) spores (azygospores, chlamydospores, etc.) with thousands of nuclei.
[edit] References
- C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN: 0-471-52229-5
