Echinochlamydosporium

Echinochlamydosporium is a fungal genus in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Echinochlamydosporium variabile, found in China. The fungus grows on juvenile individuals of the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines).[1]

Echinochlamydosporium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Zygomycota
Subdivision:
Mucoromycotina
Order:
Mortierellales
Family:
Mortierellaceae
Genus:
Echinochlamydosporium

X.Z.Jiang, H.Y.Yu, M.C.Xiang, X.Y.Liu & X.Z.Liu (2011)
Type species
Echinochlamydosporium variabile
X.Z.Jiang, H.Y.Yu, M.C.Xiang, X.Y.Liu & X.Z.Liu (2011)

References
  1. Jiang XZ, Yu HY, Xiang MC, Liu XY, Liu XZ (2011). "Echinochlamydosporium variabile, a new genus and species of Zygomycetes from soil nematodes". Fungal Diversity. 46: 43–51. doi:10.1007/s13225-010-0076-7.


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