First record of Harpellales, Orphellales (Kickxellomycotina) and Amoebidiales (Mesomycetozoea) from Bulgaria, including a new species of Glotzia
Author
Valle, Laia Guardia
Unitat de Botanica, Dept. Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia. Fac. Biociences. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. 08193 - Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-1093
laia.guardia@uab.cat
Author
Stoianova, Desislava
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Sofia, Bulgaria
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-7158
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MycoKeys
2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.67.52055
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.67.52055
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Graminella bulbosa
Leger
& Gauthier, 1937 ex Manier, 1962.
Figs 11-13
Specimens examined.
Site 2: slide BUL-2-5; Site 8: slides BUL-8-1, BUL-8-2.
Notes.
This species is characterised by the unusual formation of vegetative propagules from the bulbous basal cells (Fig.
12
), a feature only shared with the related genus
Gauthieromyces
(
Lichtwardt 1983
).
Graminella bulbosa
was described from France (
Leger
and Gauthier 1937
; Manier 1962). The species is also known from Spain (
Valle 2007
), Portugal (
Valle 2013a
) and Italy (
Valle et al. 2013
).
Graminella bulbosa
has been reported associated with various species of
Baetis
and related genera, very frequently within the hindgut of
B. rhodani
(Pictet). This species of mayfly is common and widespread in Europe and it also hosted Bulgarian specimens of
G. bulbosa
in the surveyed rivers, together with
B. alpinus
(Pictet). In fact, the genus
Baetis
bears different Harpellid species, including the more common
Legeriomyces ramosus
, occasionally sharing the same gut lumen with
Graminella bulbosa
. Bulgarian specimens of
G. bulbosa
show the typical small and numerous trichospores (Fig.
13
), measuring 8 -11
x
2
µm
in our collections. These measurements are midway between
G. bulbosa
and
G. microsporus
(see discussion for further information). Unfortunately, only immature zygospores were observed (Fig.
11
arrowhead).