Mooraboolomyces wintlei gen. & sp. nov. from Victoria, Australia
Author
Hull, Caitlin P.
0009-0005-7609-7819
School of BioSciences, the University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
cphull@student.unimelb.edu.au
Author
Urquhart, Andrew S.
0000-0002-6687-9965
School of BioSciences, the University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
andrew.urquhart@unimelb.edu.au
Author
Idnurm, Alexander
0000-0001-5995-7040
School of BioSciences, the University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
alexander.idnurm@unimelb.edu.au
text
Phytotaxa
2024
2024-04-09
644
1
35
41
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.644.1.5
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.644.1.5
1179-3163
13214523
Mooraboolomyces
C.P. Hull, A.S. Urquhart & A. Idnurm
,
gen. nov.
(
Fig. 3
)
MycoBank
: MB 851394
Etymology
:—
Moorabool
(Wadawurrung language) for one of the local councils managing the Brisbane Ranges National Park +
myces
(Greek) for fungus.
Type
species:—
Mooraboolomyces wintlei
C.P. Hull, A.S. Urquhart & A. Idnurm.
Description:—
Distinguished by DNA sequence variation with other genera (see information below) because growth
in vitro
is similar to other genera in the
Mucorales
, producing abundant mycelia and aerial asexual sporangia.