Allomyces macrogynus

Allomyces macrogynus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Blastocladiomycota
Class: Blastocladiomycetes
Order: Blastocladiales
Family: Blastocladiaceae
Genus: Allomyces
Species: A. macrogynus
Binomial name
Allomyces macrogynus
(R.Emers.) R.Emers. & C.M.Wilson (1954)
Synonyms[1]
  • Allomyces javanicus var. macrogynus R.Emers. (1941)

Allomyces macrogynus is a species of fungus in the family Blastocladiaceae. It was first described by mycologist Ralph Emerson in 1941 as a variety of Allomyces javanicus,[2] and later given distinct species status in 1954.[3] Its genome has been sequenced by the Broad Institute.[4]

References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Allomyces macrogynus (R. Emers.) R. Emers. & C.M. Wilson". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. Emerson R. (1941). "An experimental study of the life cycles and taxonomy of Allomyces". Lloydia 4: 77–144 (see p. 135).
  3. Emerson R, Wilson CM. (1954). "Interspecific hybrids and the cytogenetics and cytotaxonomy of Euallomyces". Mycologia 46 (4): 393–434.
  4. "Origins of Multicellularity".

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