TY - JOUR ID - 125899 TI - Morphological and molecular characterization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungus, Acaulospora punctata in Iran JO - Mycologia Iranica JA - MI LA - en SN - 2382-9664 AU - Ilkhan, L AU - Sedaghati, E AU - Alaee, H AD - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Vali-E-Asr University, Rafsanjan, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 69 EP - 77 KW - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi KW - Glomeromycetes KW - mountainous region KW - Kerman DO - 10.22043/MI.2022.356227.1202 N2 - A new species of Acaulospora was found in the mountainous region of Iran (Kerman province, Raviz), at 2118 m asl around the roots of Prunus cerasus. The new species was named A. punctata by Ohel, 2013, because of its ornamentation on the outer spore wall with point-like. The spores are yellow-white, globose to subglobose, 105–139 µm in diameter, and have three walls that each of which consists of some layers. Phylogenetic analyses of sequences obtained from the ITS and partial LSU & SSU of the ribosomal genes confirm the new species in a separate clade within the Acaulosporaceae. According to the phylogenetic analysis, the fungus as named b-pooneh placed in a monophyletic group within the genus Acaulospora next to Acaulospora covernata, and A. ignota. UR - https://mij.areeo.ac.ir/article_125899.html L1 - https://mij.areeo.ac.ir/article_125899_414f141467a73e006836fb23fb17907e.pdf ER -