A New Species of Scutellospora with a Coiled Germination Shield

Abstract

During a survey of mycorrhizal fungi on the upper part of the Cisadane River, on the slopes of Mount Pangrango in Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java, an undescribed species of Scutellospora (Glomales) was discovered. This species has metallic golden to yellow to yellowish-brown spores that possess columnar protuberances. It is described and named Scutellospora projecturata sp. nov. The sequence of the nearly complete SSU rRNA gene was analysed and phylogenetic trees constructed.