Glomus rubiforme, an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus new to the mycota of Poland

Abstract

Glomus rubiforme is described and illustrated. as well as its occurrence in Poland and in the world is presented. Glomus rubiforme forms pale yellow to light brown spores arranged in blackberry-like sporocarps. The spores develop from a centrally positioned, inflated, thick-walled cell. The spore wall consists of two layers: a sloughing, hyaline outer layer adherent to a coloured, laminated layer. Glomus rubiforme is a new arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus to the mycota of Poland.

Keywords

• hypogeous fungi
• Glomus rubiforme
• arbuscular mycorrhiza