Acaulospora rugosa is a species of fungus in the family Acaulosporaceae. It forms arbuscular mycorrhiza and vesicles in roots. Originally found in West Virginia in soil associated with Andropogon virginicus, the fungus was described as new to science in 1986.[1]

Acaulospora rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Glomeromycota
Class: Glomeromycetes
Order: Diversisporales
Family: Acaulosporaceae
Genus: Acaulospora
Species:
A. rugosa
Binomial name
Acaulospora rugosa
J.B.Morton (1986)

References

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  1. ^ Morton JB. (1986). "Three new species of Acaulospora (Endogonaceae) from high aluminium, low pH soils in West Virginia". Mycologia. 78 (4): 641–648. doi:10.2307/3807777.