Entrophospora is a genus of fungi in the family Acaulosporaceae of the Glomeromycota. The name is derived from the Greek words en (within), trophos (nourished or reared), and spora (spore).[1] The generic description was emended in 2011.[2]
| Entrophospora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Glomeromycota |
| Class: | Glomeromycetes |
| Order: | Diversisporales |
| Family: | Acaulosporaceae |
| Genus: | Entrophospora R.N.Ames & R.W.Schneid. (1979) |
| Type species | |
| Entrophospora infrequens (I.R.Hall) R.N.Ames & R.W.Schneid. (1979)
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| Species | |
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E. baltica | |
References
edit- ^ Ames RN, Schneider RW (1979). "Entrophospora, a new genus in the Endogonaceae". Mycotaxon. 8 (2): 347–52.
- ^ Oehl F, da Silva GA, Sánchez-Castro I, Goto BT, Maia LC, Vieira HE, Barea JM, Sieverding E, Palenzuela J (2011). "Revision of Glomeromycetes with entrophosporoid and glomoid spore formation with three new genera". Mycotaxon. 117: 297–316. doi:10.5248/117.297.
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