Abstract
Glomus caledonium accession UK301 from Rothamsted, England was designated a living reference culture of the species based on close correspondence of spore morphological characters with those of preserved holotype (Farlow Herbarium) and paratype (Oregon State University) specimens. Morphological characters were defined and interpreted according to their origin and sequence in spore differentiation. Three discrete stages were discriminated by simultaneous appearance of new layers in the spore wall and in the wall of the subtending hypha. An outer mucilaginous layer nonreactive in Melzer's reagent and a more rigid hyaline layer were present initially in the most juvenile spore wall, followed by de novo formation of a granular layer and and a yellow-brown laminate layer. Spore wall differentiation terminated with the innermost sublayer of the laminate layer occluding the hyphal pore. A germ tube, when present, originated in the lumen of the subtending hypha near the occluding sublayer. A preserved voucher of an isolate from France and a living culture from Denmark possessed corresponding subcellular characters to those of isolate UK301, thus establishing definitive morphological criteria to group different geographic isolates of the species.
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Accepted: 12 February 1996
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Morton, J. Redescription of Glomus caledonium based on correspondence of spore morphological characters in type specimens and a living reference culture. Mycorrhiza 6, 161–166 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005720050121
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005720050121