Diversisporales

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Glomeromycota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Glomeromycota
Class: Glomeromycetes
Order: Diversisporales
C. Walker & A. Schuessler 2004[1]
Families

Gigasproaceae
Acaulosporaceae
Diversisporaceae
Pacisporaceae

Diversisporales is an order of generally hypogeous (underground) arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within the phylum Glomeromycota. Many have vesicles for energy storage,[2] or auxiliary cells. Species produce a wide range of spore types, hence the name.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b C. Walker & A. Schüßler (2004). "Nomenclatural clarifications and new taxa in the Glomeromycota". Mycol. Res. 108 (9): 981. doi:10.1017/S0953756204231173. 
  2. ^ C.J. Alexopolous, C.W. Mims & M. Blackwell (2004). Introductory Mycology, 4th ed., Hoboken NJ: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-52229-5. 
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