Backusella

Backusella is a genus of zygote fungi described by Hesseltine and Ellis in 1969.[1] Backusella is the sole genus in the family Backusellaceae.

Backusella
Sporangium viewed with bright-field light microscope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Subdivision:
Mucoromycotina
Order:
Mucorales
Family:
Backusellaceae

Hoffmann et al.
Genus:
Backusella

Hesselt. & J.J. Ellis
Species

See text

Species

The genus currently consists of the following species:[2]

  • Backusella circina
  • Backusella constricta[3]
  • Backusella gigacellularis[4]
  • Backusella grandis
  • Backusella granulispora
  • Backusella indica
  • Backusella johorensis
  • Backusella lamprospora
  • Backusella locustae[5]
  • Backusella oblongielliptica
  • Backusella oblongispora
  • Backusella recurva
  • Backusella tuberculispora
  • Backusella variabilis

References
  1. "Backusella". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. "Backusella species". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. D.X. Lima; K. Voigt; C.A.F. De Souza; R.J.V. De Oliveira; C.M. Souza-Motta; A.L.C.M. De A. Santiago (2016). "Description of Backusella constricta sp. nov. (Mucorales, ex Zygomycota) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, including a key to species of Backusella". Phytotaxa. 289: 59–68. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.289.1.4.
  4. J.I. de Souza; A.V. Marano; C.L.A. Pires-Zottarelli; F.S. Chambergo; R. Harakava (2014). "A new species of Backusella (Mucorales) from a Cerrado reserve in Southeast Brazil". Mycological Progress. 13: 975–980. doi:10.1007/s11557-014-0981-3.
  5. D.N. Wanasinghe; et al. (2018). "Fungal diversity notes 709–839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contribution to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae". Fungal Diversity. 89: 1–236. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0395-7.

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